[It is not] the poet's business to use verse as an advanced form of rhetoric, nor to give to political statements the aura of eternal truth.

The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on

Those who are not very concerned with art want poems or pictures to record for them something they already know - as one might want a picture of a place he loves.

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.

The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.

Things explain each other, not themselves.

It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you know.

There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

After all you didn't answer "Why?", why you close and reject it... "Not Interested", doesn't sound like a reason, does it?

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes.

England, a happy land we know, Where follies naturally grow, Where without culture they arise, And tow'r above the common size.

When an artist stopped being a child, he would stop being an artist.

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

I hate the word 'sneering', I can't help the way my face looks.

Love is the most powerful energy there is.

I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before.

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.