“That is what all poets do: they talk to themselves out loud; and the world overhears them”
“That is what all the poets do: they talk to themselves outloud and the world overhears them. But it's horribly lonely not to hear someone else talk sometimes.”
“Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it.”
“They will set aside what they have believed about the world, divesting themselves of all preconceptions, all judgments.... They will do it, then they will send their minds out to seek the truth. ”
“I won't fatten them in cages, though. I won't ply them with poisoned fruit items. I won't change them into clockwork images or talking shadows. I won't drain out their life's blood. They can do all those things for themselves.”
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”