To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.

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

At times I think and at times I am.

Sometime I think; and sometime I am.

I thought it necessary to study history, even to study it deeply, in order to obtain a clear meaning of our immediate time.

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

The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.