It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss betewen people in general and the artists. Or is it always so? The poets who are most ardently on the people's side write in such a way that the people cannot see rhyme nor reason to their work.

The only way through pain…is to absorb, probe, understand exactly what it is and what it means. To close the door on pain is to miss the chance for growth.

We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!

The fact is that I have lived with the belief that power, any kind of power, was the one thing forbidden to poets. ... Power requires that the inner person never be unmasked. No, we poets have to go naked. And since this is so, it is better that we stay private people; a naked public person would be rather ridiculous, what?

The body is a universe in itself and must be held as sacred as anything in creation....It is dangerous to forget the body as sacramental.

all great people are humble because great people have great work and are humbled by the largeness of their dreams.