There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry. – Eugenio Montale

True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. – Eugenio Montale

Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. – Eugenio Montale