Get rid of words and meaning, and there is still poetry.

Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.

I drink alone in my study, huddled close to the brazier.

The poet must work with brush and paper,but this is not what makes the poem. A man does not go in search of a poem - the poem comes in search of him.

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.

A museum is not a first-hand contact: it is an illustrated lecture. And what one wants is the actual vital touch.

To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type

Within each of us, there is a silence, a silence as vast as the universe. And when we experience that silence, we remember who we are.

...I've just been feeling insecure since I was 20, and that's all I've been trying to express. Now the entire world is feeling insecure.

For women, I take inspiration from strong women with good aesthetics and integrity, and a little tomboy influence.

People don't stand up and protect their dreams because they get spoofed in a way.

Have I allowed my personal human life to become a 'Bethlehem' for the Son of God?

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.