Anne Carson There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don’t think I can imitate it, but there’s a density to it that I think I’m always trying to push towards in English. – Anne Carson Aeschylus Quotes Attracts Quotes Density Quotes English Quotes Greek Quotes Imitate Quotes Metaphor Quotes Poets Quotes Push Quotes I mean, every thought starts over, so every expression of a thought has to do the same. every accuracy has to be invented… I feel I am blundering in concepts too fine for me. I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don’t gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.
Lydia Lunch The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it’s whatever suits me at the moment. – Lydia Lunch
Allen Tate Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form. – Allen Tate
Rick Springfield I don’t want to mix the identities. Noah Drake isn’t Rick Springfield. – Rick Springfield
Alvin Ailey We talk too much of black art when we should be talking about art, just art. Black composers must be free to write rondos and fugues, not only protest songs. – Alvin Ailey
Liam Cunningham I wasn’t interested in being an actor per se, but I liked acting, and I liked seeing what people would do. – Liam Cunningham
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