Solitude is an essential element of poetry.

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

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

The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come.