The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration of man, which is also the celebration of God. Poetic Manifesto (1951)
The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps in the works of the poem so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash, or thunder in. Poetic Manifesto (1951)
I wanted to write poetry in the beginning because I had fallen in love with words. Poetic Manifesto (1951)