Kathleen Raine Quotes

The work of the artist is to heal the soul.

I've read all the books but one
Only remains sacred: this
Volume of wonders, open
Always before my eyes.

Academia is a graveyard of poets.

Chemistry dissolves the goddess in the alembic,
Venus, the white queen, the universal matrix,
Down to the molecular hexagons and carbon-chains.

Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised.

I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.

Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience, finds in nature the 'correspondences' through which we may know our boundless selves.

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life.

Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there

Nature is the common, universal language, understood by all.

The poem reminds us of what we ourselves know, but did not know we knew; reminds us, above all, of what we are.