Degas is one of the very few painters who have given the floor its true importance.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.

The power of verse stems from an indefinable harmony between when it says and what it is.

Thought must be hidden in the verse like nutritional virtue in a fruit.

A bad poem is one that vanishes into meaning.

A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms.