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David Antin Quotes

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember Picture Quote #1

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James Picture Quote #1

I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know Picture Quote #1

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton Picture Quote #1

I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty Picture Quote #1

It’s hard being a hostage in somebody else’s mouth - or a character in somebody else’s novel Picture Quote #1

Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives Picture Quote #1

The Sophists’ paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer Picture Quote #1

While I don’t script and I don’t use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht Picture Quote #1

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting Picture Quote #1

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My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn’t understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer Picture Quote #1

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember Picture Quote #1

The Sophists’ paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer Picture Quote #1

I’m aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I’m trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus Picture Quote #1

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I’m doing. I don’t give a damn if half the audience walks out Picture Quote #1

I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred Picture Quote #1

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I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate Picture Quote #1

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us Picture Quote #1

There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation Picture Quote #1

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval Picture Quote #1

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I’m doing. I don’t give a damn if half the audience walks out Picture Quote #1

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It’s hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do Picture Quote #1

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The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin Picture Quote #1

When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience Picture Quote #1

While I’ve had a great distaste for what’s usually called song in modern poetry or for what’s usually called music, I really don’t think of speech as so far from song Picture Quote #1

A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars Picture Quote #1

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying Picture Quote #1

I didn’t think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn’t understand Picture Quote #1

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The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember (David Antin Quotes) I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James (David Antin Quotes) I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know (David Antin Quotes) I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember (David Antin Quotes) I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton (David Antin Quotes) I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding (David Antin Quotes) I’ve always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty (David Antin Quotes) It’s hard being a hostage in somebody else’s mouth - or a character in somebody else’s novel (David Antin Quotes) Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives (David Antin Quotes) The Sophists’ paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer (David Antin Quotes) While I don’t script and I don’t use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht (David Antin Quotes) For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting (David Antin Quotes) My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn’t understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer (David Antin Quotes) The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember. (David Antin Quotes) The Sophists’ paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. (David Antin Quotes) I’m aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I’m trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus. (David Antin Quotes) I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I’m doing. I don’t give a damn if half the audience walks out. (David Antin Quotes) I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred (David Antin Quotes) I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate (David Antin Quotes) From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us (David Antin Quotes) There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation (David Antin Quotes) When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval (David Antin Quotes) I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I’m doing. I don’t give a damn if half the audience walks out (David Antin Quotes) I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It’s hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do (David Antin Quotes) The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin (David Antin Quotes) When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience (David Antin Quotes) While I’ve had a great distaste for what’s usually called song in modern poetry or for what’s usually called music, I really don’t think of speech as so far from song (David Antin Quotes) A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars (David Antin Quotes) Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying (David Antin Quotes) I didn’t think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn’t understand (David Antin Quotes)

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