“Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.”

“Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge and the last”

“It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real lasting felt knowledge, is going mostly unnoticed among our scholars. The body of knowledge locked into and releasable from poetry can replace practically any university in the Republic. First things first, then: the primal importance of a poem is what it can add to the individual mind.Poetry is the voice of a poet at its birth, and the voice of a people in its ultimate fulfillment as a successful and useful work of art.”

“Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.”

“The terrible poetry of human nudity, I understand it at last, I who tremble for the first time in trying to read it with blasé eyes.”

“Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.”