“A poet's marriage to his time is a forced marriage.” WritingPhilosophyPoetryTimePoets Book:Art in the Light of Conscience: Eight Essays on Poetry Source: Art in the Light of Conscience: Eight Essays on Poetry
“Service to one's time is a command of despair.” WritingPoetryTimeContemporaneity Book:Art in the Light of Conscience: Eight Essays on Poetry Source: Art in the Light of Conscience: Eight Essays on Poetry
“One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.” WantShouldWritingBookSufferingAbsenceDesks Book:Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922 Source: Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922