Classical poetry is the poetry of revolution - Osip Mandelstam

the word wanders freely around the thing, like the soul around an abandoned, but not forgotten body.

Speed, the pace of the present, cannot be measured by subways or skyscrapers, but only by the cheerful grass thrusting itself forth from under city stones.

Cultural values ornament the State, endowing it with color, form, and, if you will, even gender. Inscriptions on State buildings, tombs, and gateways insure the State against the ravages of time.