As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

- William Carlos Williams

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

- William Carlos Williams

Unless there is a new mind there cannot be a new line, the old will go on repeating itself with recurring deadliness

- William Carlos Williams

Love is unworldly and nothing comes of it but love.

- William Carlos Williams

A new world is only a new mind.

- William Carlos Williams

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

- William Carlos Williams

One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and …

- William Carlos Williams

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

- William Carlos Williams

It is almost impossible to state what one in fact believes, because it is almost impossible to hold a belief and to define it at the same time.

- William Carlos Williams