A Good Preface Must Be The Root

An Artist Is He Who Has His Center Within Himself. He Who Lacks This Must Choose A Particular Leader And Mediator Outside Of Himself, Not Forever, However, But Only At First. For Man Cannot Exist Without A Living Center, And If He Does Not Have It Within Himself, He May Seek It Only In A Human Being. Only A Human Being And His Center Can Stimulate And Awaken That Of Another.

Strictly Speaking, The Idea Of A Scientific Poem Is Probably As Nonsensical As That Of A Poetic Science.

We Should Never Invoke The Spirit Of Antiquity As Our Authority. Spirits Are Peculiar Things; They Cannot Be Grasped With The Hands And Be Held Up Before Others. Spirits Reveal Themselves Only To Spirits. The Most Direct And Concise Method Would Be, In This Case As Well, To Prove The Possession Of The Only Redeeming Faith By Good Works.

Man Is A Creative Retrospection Of Nature Upon Itself.

In Every Good Poem Everything Must Be Both Deliberate And Instinctive. That Is How The Poem Becomes Ideal.