Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
Literature is news that stays news.
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet black bough.
And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
Speak against unconscious oppression, Speak against the tyranny of the unimaginative, Speak against bonds.
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep herding.
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good
The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.
Rhythm must have meaning.
What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage
With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.
Glance is the enemy of vision.
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.
The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
I have tried to write Paradise Do not move Let the wind speak that is paradise. Let the Gods forgive what I have made Let those I love try to forgive what I have made.
The temple is holy because it is not for sale
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
Good art however "immoral" is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can not be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.
The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.
The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories.
Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands.
I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.
