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Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry.

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.