Adès on Beauty

I like this comment on beauty from composer Thomas Adès (from an article in the Telegraph on his recent piece about the creation):

"Why would anyone be ashamed of beauty? It's a very 20th-century idea that you might be. Thankfully that's gone."

The purpose of the poem ... is to change the world.

Thank Heaven: the world is too much as it was.

Poetry Makes Nothing Happen

Thank Heaven: the world is hectic enough as it is.