Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as we can see them as typical of the human condition.

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.

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.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.