"Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world."

"In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of poverty - poverty which can no longer be for him a sign of the acceptance of life."

"Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry."

"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own."

"The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity."

"Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness."

"Art must unquestionably have a social value that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind."

"I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting."