Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.

My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.

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

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.