The ancient Greek "oral poets" all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the muse to help them remember.
The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin. - David Antin
The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.
- David Antin
I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental film… - David Antin
I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental film…
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. - David Antin
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation.
I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions. - David Antin
I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.
An art machine is a system whose parts when put in motion act upon each other in such a way as to cause you to see things differently - David Antin
An art machine is a system whose parts when put in motion act upon each other in such a way as to cause you to see things differently
I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand. - David Antin
I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.
My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it. - David Antin
My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.
I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out. - David Antin
I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out.
I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty. - David Antin
I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.
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