"

To translate poetry, one has to possess some art, at the very least the art of stylistic re-embodiment.

"

One of the worst things that can happen to an artist is to perceive himself as the owner of his art, and art as his tool. A product of the marketplace...more

"

The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history...more

"

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.