“Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.”
“Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. ”
“A poet needs to keep his wilderness alive inside him. To remain a poet after forty requires an awareness of your darkest Africa, that part of yourself that will never be tamed.”
“Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other.”
“You can stretch to your fullest in this land, Emma, and not touch any edges. There's no dream too big for the wilderness. I'd hate to see it tamed and carved up into little fiefdoms.”
“My heart perceived wildernesses of contradictions and impossible truths and mystical lies.”