Occupation: Poet Birth: October 28, 1925 Death: March 27, 2006
The present order is the disorder of the future..
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I ne….
I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one..
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no diffi….
If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn….
I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never mad….
My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be p….
But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing t….
However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make….
For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feel….
What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the ….
Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks..
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera..
As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes..
But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concre….
People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do.….
No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural..