The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who h… — Stephane Mallarme

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings. — Paul Cezanne
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law. — George W. Bush
Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work. — Gustave Flaubert
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. — Stephane Mallarme
The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme. — Stephane Mallarme
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words. — Stephane Mallarme