Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. Foreword to The Viking Book of Aphorisms (1962)
It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
Time that with this strange excusePardoned Kipling and his views,And will pardon Paul Claudel,Pardons him for writing well. Another Time (1940)