Hart Crane

"In the marketplace of life, integrity is the only currency that never devalues."

"Health is not the absence of struggle but the capacity to meet it fully."

"The deepest friendships are forged in the fire of mutual understanding."

"Hope is the rebellion of the spirit against the tyranny of circumstance."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of acceptance."

"The family is where we first learn the language of belonging."

"Motivation without integrity is merely ambition wearing a borrowed mask."

"Inspiration comes not from outside but from the depths we dare to explore."

"Death teaches us that every moment is a gift we have not yet opened."

"The measure of a life is not its length but its depth of engagement."

"Humor is the wisdom of recognizing the absurdity within the sublime."

"In nature's silence, I have heard the greatest truths ever spoken."

"The artist who fears failure has already surrendered to mediocrity."

"The mind has shown itself at all times subject to dissolution as easily as the body."

"I am not ready for knowledge of methods as yet."

"Permit me to dispute the assumption that the artist is primarily concerned with the communication of ideas."

"The poet's concern must often be with the articulation of the reach of the soul."

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

"There is no fixed vantage from which to regard the universe."

"The bridge becomes a symbol of such striving."

"One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones come without effort."

"I have been called a propagandist, but I prefer to think of myself as a poet."

"The function of poetry is not to communicate ideas primarily, but to convey emotional experience."

"My whole life has been a progress toward intensity and depth of vision."

"The artist must work with the materials of his age."

"Modern poetry must incorporate the language and rhythms of contemporary life."

"I seek a language that expresses the spiritual intensity of our moment."

"The imagination transcends the merely literal."

"To possess the imagination is to possess the world."

"Words are the only absolutes we can trust."