Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

" the ethereal regions.(HT)A poet expresses more than the ordinary man because he climbs higher. Where the ordinary man chooses to speak from a solid foothold, face on the ground for fear he will stumble, a poet seeks the highest mountain top & speaks with face upraised knowing his feet will take care of themselves as long as his thoughts are high.(HT)Now that I am here I can not tell what is in the wind - and this is indeed its greatest charm, like the woman in love-stories. Oh the pleasure of lying on a wind buffeted hill! Hours "