A poetโs freedom lies precisely in the impossibility of worldly success. It is the freedom of one who knows he will never be anything but a failure in the worldโs estimation, and may do as he pleases. The poet is a man on the sidelines of life, sidelined for life. He belongs to the aristocracy of the outcast, the lowest of the low, below the salt of the earth. A member of the most ancient regime in the world. One that cannot, it seems, be overthrown.
Walter MartinControversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.
Walter Martin