There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.

The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.

I find righteous denunciations of the present state of the language no less dismaying than the present state of the language.

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.

Immature ists imitate. Mature ists steal.