To a large extent, the problems of poets are the problems of painters, and poets must often turn to the literature of painting for a discussion of their own problems.

Poetry is the scholar's art.

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

The reading of a poem should be an experience. Its writing must be all the more so.

Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.

Sentimentality is a failure of feeling.

Imagination is the will of things. . . .