Poetry and painting could not, and should not, be understood in isolation from each other, anymore than the poet should isolate himself from the direct experience. And it is this experience that is crucial. The importance of capturing this response places the artist at the center of his work. And it had to be for all, whether they liked it or not. You ought to know.
Houses are to live in, that's one of the finest things about architecture.
You build houses, for people. Poems are the same. Williams believed that nothing should come between the person and the experience, nothing to hinder contact between man and the world. Unlike his contemporaries Pound and Eliot, he wasn't interested in remaking the past. He was interested in crafting rich imagery in every day language to create a whole and complete emotional picture .