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Peter Davison quotes

British Actor April 13, 1951

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But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me."
But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and..."
In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read. Peter Davison
My friends never talk to me about my poetry because they're embarrassed that I write it or they're embarrassed by what I write about which are not such extraordinarily terrifying things, but they are the state of human existence. Peter Davison
Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such. Peter Davison
People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It's not going to change the world. It's not going to change the way we think, and it's not going to change the way we feel. Peter Davison
In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't ever free. They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their art puts on them. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is..."
There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory. Peter Davison
The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense of the poetic tradition in their work. Peter Davison
But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way. Peter Davison
The more poetry you have in the head, the more poetry you will understand because you will be getting to the roots of what it is that makes people write poetry at all. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to..."
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are..."
And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet. Peter Davison
They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their..."
It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities. Peter Davison

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