Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something that, though it may not be for everybody, is about everybody.
The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle.
Composition for me is, externally at least, scarcely distinguishable from catatonia.
Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you.
The eye is pleased when nature stoops to art.
Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare.