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Patrick Kavanagh Quotes

On the stem of memory imaginations blossom Picture Quote #1

Ay - ‘The Green Fool’ business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damage. It destroyed the momentum Picture Quote #1

The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public issues that were agitating the minds of politicians and journalists on those days. Joyce is interested in the mind of a man who has put five shillings on a horse Picture Quote #1

In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled Picture Quote #1

I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin’s life, the literary and artistic Picture Quote #1

Natural life, lived naturally as it is lived in the countryside, has none of that progress which is the base of happiness. Men and women in rural communities can be compared to a spring that rises out of a rock and spreads in irregular ever-widening circles. But the general principle is static Picture Quote #1

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It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned Picture Quote #1

In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief Picture Quote #1

The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one’s private soul Picture Quote #1

Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially Picture Quote #1

We are not alone in our loneliness, others have been here and known griefs we thought our special own Picture Quote #1

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers Picture Quote #1

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Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this kind of artistic expression is something to which the merest five-eighth can climb Picture Quote #1

God cannot catch us. Unless we stay in the unconscious room. Of our hearts Picture Quote #1

I dabbled in verse and it became my life Picture Quote #1

What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true Picture Quote #1

Malice is only another name for mediocrity Picture Quote #1

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman Picture Quote #1

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A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men Picture Quote #1

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On the stem of memory imaginations blossom (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) Ay - ‘The Green Fool’ business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damage. It destroyed the momentum (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public issues that were agitating the minds of politicians and journalists on those days. Joyce is interested in the mind of a man who has put five shillings on a horse. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin’s life, the literary and artistic. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) Natural life, lived naturally as it is lived in the countryside, has none of that progress which is the base of happiness. Men and women in rural communities can be compared to a spring that rises out of a rock and spreads in irregular ever-widening circles. But the general principle is static. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one’s private soul. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially. (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) We are not alone in our loneliness, others have been here and known griefs we thought our special own... (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this kind of artistic expression is something to which the merest five-eighth can climb (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) God cannot catch us. Unless we stay in the unconscious room. Of our hearts (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) I dabbled in verse and it became my life (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) Malice is only another name for mediocrity (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes) A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men (Patrick Kavanagh Quotes)