The spirit of the age is not synonymous with what the public likes.

Poetry, in the entire course of its development, has always been trying to capture meanings and problems which are still obscure and dormant. Poetry tries to awaken them with a kiss, wherever they may be: in the air, in things, in human beings.

Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation.

Art cannot progress by sticking to what is already familiar.

In the end, time is the best ally of poets. It clarifies their works and makes them accessible to an ever widening circle of readers.

Solitude is an essential element of poetry.

The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd.