It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.

It seems to me that the poet has only to perceive that which others do not perceive, to look deeper than others look. And the mathematician must do the same thing.

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

Respect your haters

And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.

How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.

Wherever is your heart I call home.

I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice. You see all your imperfections.

No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.

Winning depends on where you put your priorities. It's usually best to put them over the fence.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

I don't want to spend a month and a half in a studio with music I don't like, and fortunately I don't have to.

What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?