“Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies accordingly as it is taken in a wineglass or a tablespoon, inhaled, gargled or rubbed on the chest by hard fingers covered with rings.”

“The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.”

“When the immense drugged universe explodesIn a cascade of unendurable colourAnd leaves us gasping naked,This is no more than the ectasy of chaos:Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal loveWhich alone, as we know certainly, restoresFragmentation into true being.Ecstasy of Chaos”

“If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money”

“There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.”

“There's no money in poetry. Then again, there's no poetry in money either.”

“There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money either.” - Robert Graves”