It is difficult to get the news from poetry, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.
William Carlos WilliamsBy listening to his language of his locality the poet begins to learn his craft. It is his function to lift, by use of imagination and the language he hears, the material conditions and appearances of his environment to the sphere of the intelligence where they will have new currency.
William Carlos WilliamsA poem is a small machine made of words. . .Its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character.
William Carlos WilliamsOne thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.
William Carlos Williams