The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come.
Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation.
The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination.
Tradition remains alive only when we struggle with it.
Solitude is an essential element of poetry.
The public, regardless of its social origin, likes, above all, that which is easily accessible.