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Peter Davison quotes

British Actor April 13, 1951

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Peter Davison quote: "If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had..."
If I were brave enough to say so, I'd like to think that I had written some poems that people are not going to forget. Peter Davison
The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because..."
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "I just think that some version of the past in our culture is..."
I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant. Peter Davison
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be..."
Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be..."
The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in..."
It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they..."
The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "Poetry is composing for the breath."
Poetry is composing for the breath. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "I like poems that are little games."
I like poems that are little games. Peter Davison
For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative. Peter Davison
I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "I like poems that are complex."
I like poems that are complex. Peter Davison
Peter Davison quote: "Frost is the most sophisticated of poets."
Frost is the most sophisticated of poets. Peter Davison

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