Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.

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Poetry is above all a way of life, of integral life. The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint.

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Poetry has the charm of escaping from the vicious circle of custom.

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We need to listen to that human voice which we call poetry, that voice which is constantly in danger of being extinguished through lack of love, but is always reborn

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Poetry is necessary to this modern world in which we are afflicted by fear and disquiet. Poetry has its roots in human breath - and what would we be if our breath were diminished? Poetry is an act of confidence - and who knows whether our unease is not due to a lack of confidence?

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Deprivation is the mother of poetry.

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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

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Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.

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What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice? So that all this chatter and praise, and blame and meeting people who admired one and meeting people who did not admire one was as ill suited as could be to the thing itself- a voice answering a voice.

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It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road.

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