Christopher Logue quotes
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“Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! Come to the edge! And they came, and he pushed, and they flew.”
-- Christopher LogueSource : "Come to the Edge" l. 1 (1969)
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“Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head.”
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“Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader's head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare performance with text and with other performances. Good poets use the full resources of language.”
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“And he who is forever talking about enemies / Is himself the enemy!”
-- Christopher LogueSource : Christopher Logue (2015). “War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad”, p.215, Faber & Faber
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“Poetry cannot be defined, only experienced”
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“It seems to me that the contrast between adjacent syllables has lessened and the result is an over-reliance on enjambment. Now enjambment is a fine, intellectually strong aid, but like all such things it becomes tiresome and calls too much attention to itself.”
-- Christopher Logue
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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“A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.”
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“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”
Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin
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“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
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“I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.”
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Source : Abraham Kaplan (1973). “The conduct of inquiry”, p.53, Transaction Publishers
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