An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life.

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.