Top 6 Brian Patten Quotes

#1. On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra.

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#2. Death is the only grammatically correct full stop.

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#3. When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.

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#4. Through silence only the good messages go unheard.

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#5. The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin.

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#6. Dreams larger
than ourselves we killed, not wanting
our smallness measured against them."
(poem: Having Taken the Necessary Precautions)

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