Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.