"Irony: Do not let yourself be governed by it, especially not in uncreative moments. In creative..."

"Irony: Do not let yourself be governed by it, especially not in uncreative moments. In creative moments try to make use of it as one more means of grasping life. Cleanly used, it too is clean, and one need not be ashamed of it; and if you feel you are getting too familiar with hit, if you fear this growing intimacy with it, then turn to great and serious objects, before which it becomes small and helpless."

- Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet