“The poet draws his own portrait in another way and succeeds better, idealising himself.”

Seeing poetry as a more indirect and idealised form of self-portraiture · Autobiographical Notes, Vol. I, Prologue

• Art
• Poetry

“It was as if I had awoke into another world beyond the pulsation of the senses, a state of things that would last for ever.”

Describing profound stillness as an experience outside ordinary sensory life · Autobiographical Notes, Vol. II, Chapter XIX

• Nature
• Solitude
• Time

“I shall endeavour to present realities, not merely appearances.”

Stating a commitment to substance rather than surface · Autobiographical Notes, Vol. I, Prologue

• Art
• Truth