"Poetry is what gets lost in translation...." - Quote by Robert Frost

“A champion of the workingman has never been known to die of overwork.”

“I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.”

“Nothing gold can stay.”

“The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control.”

“Poetry is a life-cherishing force.”

“The more transparent the writing, the more visible the poetry.”

“A major difficulty in translation is that a word in one language seldom has a precise equivalent in another one.”

“I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation.”

“A translation in verse . . . seems to me something absurd, impossible.”