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Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.
Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.