Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.

- Yang Wanli

Get rid of words and meaning, and there is still poetry.

- Yang Wanli

I drink alone in my study, huddled close to the brazier.

- Yang Wanli

The poet must work with brush and paper,but this is not what makes the poem. A man does not go in search of a poem - the poem comes in search of him.

- Yang Wanli