For my part, if I consider poetry as an object, I maintain that it is born of the necessity of adding a vocal sound (speech) to the hammering of the first tribal music. – Eugenio Montale
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. – Eugenio Montale
I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant? – Eugenio Montale
Slowly poetry becomes visual because it paints images, but it is also musical: it unites two arts into one. – Eugenio Montale
As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but youre always ultimately going to be saying somebody elses words. I dont think Id have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but Id love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. – Daniel Radcliffe