"There is only one art of writing, and that is the art of poetry..whether it is in the form of prose or in rhyme and m…"

"Prose will be used for the more objective branches of writing- novels, plays, essays..Cadence will be used for person…"

"The history of English poetry in verse in the story of the exhaustion of the effects to be obtained from rhyme and me…"

"Swinburne gave the coup de grace to English rhyme."

"The natural cadence of our emotions are the driving force behind our poetic expressions."

"My three propositions to poetry are:"

"My own unryhmed cadences , and those of other writers are a reversion to the real English tradition of Cynewulf."

"I have followed my ear and my heart, which may be false. I hope not."

"Like most inventors, Pound did not create out of the void. The "Image" he took from T.E. Hulme's table talk. The "ism…"

"The poem, a harmonious flow of nuances, demands a musical rhythm, Vers libre."