Brian Patten quotes
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“Through silence only the good messages go unheard.”
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“When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.”
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“Death is the only grammatically correct full stop.”
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“On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra.”
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.277, Macmillan
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“In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.”
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“A good message will always find a messenger.”
Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.136, Litres
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“In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of.”
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