Quotes from Charles Simic

To submit to chance is to reveal the self and its obsessions.

A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights.

Sleeplessness is like metaphysics. Be there.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.