In the end, time is the best ally of poets. It clarifies their works and makes them accessible to an ever widening circle of readers.

Art cannot progress by sticking to what is already familiar.

The solitude of the poet is the uniqueness of his experience, and the particulaity of his sensitivity and imagination.

The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd.

The spirit of the age is not synonymous with what the public likes.

The public, regardless of its social origin, likes, above all, that which is easily accessible.

The age of sages is past; the age of specialists has come.

Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation.

Solitude is an essential element of poetry.

Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak with ourselves and with God.

Tradition remains alive only when we struggle with it.

We are born, we get names, we get educated, we get values, we get job and money. But all this is not life, life is love found in friendship, friendship found in love and in love, sacrifice.” Vijay

I love the morning sun because it enlightens my heart and teaches me how to love others with an abundance of warmth and kindness.

He has not a single redeeming defect.

I live a normal life.

Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

Well I thought my pickin' would set them on fire, but nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.