“The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approxima...” — Louis MacNeice Quote

“The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.”

“I am more proud of what distinguishes man from the animals than of what he has in common with them.”

“The poet has no greater number of muscles than the ordinary conversationalist; he merely has more highly developed muscles and better coordination. And he practises his activity according to a stricter set of rules.”

“If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.”

“Left to my own devices, my first inclination is to mess in other people's lives. I secretly believe my whole family, and really the whole world, is my responsibility.”

“Just suppose that you could do a physical examination, not every year, which people do and which is almost worthless, but every minute, because you're connected, and because we have devices that you can put on your body that measure virtually everything on your body.”