Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.
William Carlos WilliamsRemorse is a virtue in that it is a stirrer up of the emotions but it is a folly to accept it is a criticism of conduct.
William Carlos WilliamsBut all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do not exist without an object for their employment all art is necessarily objective. It doesn't declaim or explain, it presents.
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