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Robert Fitzgerald Quotes

Yes, living voices in a living language, so it seemed to us Picture Quote #1

The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it Picture Quote #1

Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible Picture Quote #1

The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one’s making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don’t see how you can do it otherwise Picture Quote #1

Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect Picture Quote #1

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation Picture Quote #1

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I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it Picture Quote #1

I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin Picture Quote #1

There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don’t know Picture Quote #1

Homer’s whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear Picture Quote #1

In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not? Picture Quote #1

Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring a work of art in that medium into another medium formed on different principles and heard and understood in a different way Picture Quote #1

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Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce Picture Quote #1

That helped me to keep in touch with myself and to keep in touch with this really quite extraordinary language and literature into which I had pushed a little way Picture Quote #1

Well, maybe so, although I don’t think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages Picture Quote #1

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Yes, living voices in a living language, so it seemed to us (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one’s making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don’t see how you can do it otherwise (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don’t know (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Homer’s whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not? (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring a work of art in that medium into another medium formed on different principles and heard and understood in a different way (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) That helped me to keep in touch with myself and to keep in touch with this really quite extraordinary language and literature into which I had pushed a little way (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes) Well, maybe so, although I don’t think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to do with my being slow at languages (Robert Fitzgerald Quotes)