What we have not named as a symbol escapes our notice.

Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

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.

What we have not named as a symbol escapes our notice.

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another...

From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own hands.