Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.
The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.
The self is no mystery, the mystery is That there is something for us to stand on
Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a place he loves.
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.
There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.
The line between pride in our work and neurotic obstinacy is a narrow one. We make our recommendations clear. But we do not grudge our clients the right to the final say. It is their money.
Love came when you weren't looking, except in the case of millions who found mates on Match. com, but, hey. It sounded good.
Liberalism, communism, socialism are about denying individual liberty and creating a collective with a top down command-and-control government and economy. Conservatives are individuals and not activists at all, and so there is no such strategy to bend, shape, and form a country.
The regular things in my life now - training sessions and playing matches - will all fall away. That will leave a big empty space and it will need to be filled