But it seems impossible to speak and yet say nothing, you think you have succeeded, but you always overlook something.
Samuel BeckettPoetry is essentially the antithesis of Metaphysics: Metaphysics purge the mind of the senses and cultivate the disembodiment of the spiritual; Poetry is all passionate and feeling and animates the inanimate; Metaphysics are most perfect when concerned with universals; Poetry, when most concerned with particulars.
Samuel BeckettNothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
Samuel Beckett