“ Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry. Alice Fulton Author
“ Poetry's role is to provide spontaneous individual candor as distinct from manipulation and brainwash. Allen Ginsberg Poet
“ INCOMPOSSIBLE, adj. Unable to exist if something else exists. Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both - as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man. Ambrose Bierce Journalist
“ At the outset, it is only liking, not understanding, that matters. Gaps in understanding ... are not only important, they are perhaps even welcome, like clearings in the woods, the better to allow the heart's rays to stream out without obstacle. The unlit shadows should remain obscure, which is the very condition of enchantment. Andre Breton Writer