“To reach beyond what you are you must ignore the rules and fashions of the day. Or perhaps better yet cast them way out in your peripheral vision where you can still see them but only as a vague reference point. This doesn’t mean that all the rules are gone. It might mean that you adopt a far tighter code of conduct to ensure the necessary level of intensity and adventure.” WayMeanStillsMightLevelsVisionGoneFashionAdventureCastsCodeIntensityVaguePeripheral Vision Author:Peter Croft
“I thought my friends were damn fools, because they didn't know any better way of conducting their lives. Still they conformed better than I to a code. I wanted to conform but I couldn't so I wrote my poetry.” KnowsWayStillsWantedFoolMy FriendsCodeDamnConformBetter WaysConducting Book:The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1909-1939 Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1909-1939