“ I would say poetry is language charged with emotion. It's words, rhythmically organized . . . A poem is a complete little universe. It exists separately. Any poem that has any worth expresses the whol… William Carlos Williams
“ Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses. William Carlos Williams
“ There is nothing sacred about literature, it is damned from one end to the other. There is nothing in literature but change and change is mockery. I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn pl… William Carlos Williams
“ Beauty’ is related not to ‘loveliness’ but to a state in which reality plays a part. William Carlos Williams
“ So much dependsupona red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens. William Carlos Williams
“ You lethargic, waiting upon me,waiting for the fire and Iattendant upon you, shaken by your beautyShaken by your beauty Shaken. William Carlos Williams
“ We sit and talk,quietly, with long lapses of silenceand I am aware of the streamthat has no language, coursingbeneath the quiet heaven ofyour eyeswhich has no speech William Carlos Williams
