Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. – Eugenio Montale
True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. – Eugenio Montale
Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection. – Eugenio Montale
Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks and so may no one touch you who loves you. – Eugenio Montale