To refine, to clarify, to intensify that eternal moment in which we alone live there is but a single force the imagination.
William Carlos WilliamsThe poem springs from the half spoken words of the patient.... When asked, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing.
William Carlos WilliamsTHE THOUGHTFUL LOVER Deny yourself all half things. Have it or leave it. But it will keepโor it is not worth the having. Never start anything you can't finishโ However do not lose faith because you are starved! She loves you she says. Believe it โtomorrow. But today the particulars of poetry that difficult art require your whole attention.
William Carlos Williams