“Poets may be delightful creatures in the meadow or the garret, but they are menaces on the assembly line.”
“The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.”
“He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.”
“Menacing lines of black tomorrows on the horizon.”
“Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line.”
“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.”