“It is true that the aim of poetry is to create beauty, but this beauty must be shaped by technique.”

Emphasizing the essential role of craftsmanship in poetic expression · Essay, The Gnostics

• Beauty
• Poetry
• Skill

“The Parnassian school was a classical reaction against the sentimentalism of the Romantics.”

Explaining the aesthetic foundation and discipline behind Parnassian verse · Preface, The Golden Journey to Samarkand

• Literature
• Poetry
• Style

“It is not the poet's business to save man's soul, but to make it worth saving.”

Reflecting on the intrinsic artistic purpose of poetry beyond moralizing · Preface, The Golden Journey to Samarkand

• Art
• Poetry
• Soul