If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
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Poetry must be as well written as prose.
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What matters most is not the idea, but the capacity to believe in it completely.
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Glance is the enemy of vision.
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Either move or be moved.
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Small talk comes from small bones.
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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.
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Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Poetry is a language pared down to its essentials.
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The primary pigment of poetry is the IMAGE.
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Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not wholly to blame for the religion that’s been foisted on to him.
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What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage.
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Literature is news that stays news.
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I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.
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