A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.

The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.

About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; How well they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along.

Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.

A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to express that awe in a rite of worship.