Those who will not reason, perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason.

It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly.

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

To choose what is difficult all one's days, as if it were easy, that is faith

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.

It's a pity I am so impatient and careless, as any ordinary person could learn all the techniques of photography in a week. It is the democratic art, i.e. technical skill is practically eliminated - the more foolproof cameras become with focusing and exposure gadgets the better - and artistic quality depends only on choice of subject.

A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere.