I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.

Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.

Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

French people are Italian people in a bad mood.

We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.

Poetry is a religion with no hope.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

The only way to kill death is through photography.

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.

There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.

One must not mistake majority for truth.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.