One demands two things of a poem. Firstly, it must be a well-made verbal object that does honor to the language in which it is written. Secondly, it must say something significant about a reality common to us all, but perceived from a unique perspective. What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

Art is born of humiliation.

Poetry is the only art people haven't learned to consume like soup.

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.

It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful.

Look if you like, but you will have to leap.