...after a night spent writing poetry, one is almost happy to hear the milkman at the door.

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.

A poet's words are of things that do not exist without the words.

It's not always easy to tell the difference between thinking and looking out of the window.

They said, 'You have a blue guitar, / You do not play things as they are.' / The man replied, 'Things as they are / Are changed upon the blue guitar.'

Success as a result of industry is a peasant's ideal.

Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are essential.