Quotes about David Antin

My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be...

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It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody...

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

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I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy...

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

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I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with...

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I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together...

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I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving...

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I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I...

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I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.

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I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part...

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I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

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