“Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of Nature.”

“Poems should be memorized, recited, and performed. The sheer joy of the art must be emphasized. The pleasure of performance is what first attracts children to poetry, the sensual excitement of speaking and hearing the words of the poem. Performance was also the teaching technique that kept poetry vital for centuries. Maybe it also holds the key to poetry's future.”

“What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe”

“The purpose of poetry is to remind us
how difficult it is to remain just one person,
for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors,
and invisible guests come in and out at will.”

“… and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”

“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.”

“If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.”

“If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry, everything worth having is lost.”

“Even nature teaches us to adapt to different seasons. Adaptation is the key to a better life.”

“Nature is an Æolian Harp, a musical instrument; whose tones again are keys to higher strings in us.”