I know that poetry is indispensable, but to what I could not say.
Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor, the surprising things which surround us and which our senses record mechanically.
Beauty makes one lose one's head. Poetry is born of this decapitation
The poet doesn't invent. He listens.
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
There are poets and there are grownups.
Poetry is indispensable --if I only knew what for.
Poetry is a religion with no hope.