Thanks to photography, the eye grew accustomed to anticipate what it should see and to see it; and it learned not to see nonexistent things which, hitherto, it had seen so clearly.

Beware of what you do best; its bound to be a trap.

What is simple is wrong, and what is complicated cannot be understood.

A bad poem is one that vanishes into meaning.

Breath, dreams, silence, invincible calm, you triumph.

A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms.

To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.