My first poem was a bolt from the blue โฆ it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.
William Carlos WilliamsFirst we have to see. Or first we have to be taught to see. We have to be taught to see here, because here is everywhere, related to everywhere else, and if we don't see, hear, taste, smell and feel in this place - not only will we never know anything but the world of sense will be by that much diminished everywhere.
William Carlos WilliamsIt is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.
William Carlos Williams