“To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.”
“Writing poetry felt silly, not practical. It was poetry. I wasn't exploring space here. But it felt necessary to me.”
“Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.”
“Poetry is the music of the soul”
“Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy.”
“Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.”