Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
“In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not only the presidents but all the ministers of the government.”
“I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.”