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

There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation.

- 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'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

- 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

- David Antin

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.

- 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

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

- 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.

- David Antin