No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

Quote by Ian Hamilton Finlay

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I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have...

I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have...

Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of badTo...

Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of badTo...

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can...

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can...

However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working...

However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working...

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited...

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited...

I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through...

I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through...

If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If...

If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If...

What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you...

What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you...

I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.

I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by...

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by...

But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose,...

But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose,...

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the...

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the...

But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever,...

But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever,...

Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other...

Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other...

People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only...

People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only...

For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of...

For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of...

The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies:...

The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies:...