What did David Antin mean by: I’m not sure what theory is, unless it’s the pursuit of fundamental questions. - David Antin Poet Copy
+ I’m standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I’m happy to see them go. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Antin, Welcome, 0 - David Antin Poet
+ It’s hard being a hostage in somebody else’s mouth – or a character in somebody else’s novel. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Antin, Character, Mouths, Novel, 0 - David Antin Poet
+ I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Antin, Sacred, Secular, 0 - David Antin Poet
+ From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Antin, Entertainment, Language, 0 - David Antin Poet
+ Stories are different every time you tell them – they allow so many possible narratives. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Antin, Different, Narrative, Stories, 0 - David Antin Poet
+ There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Antin, Editing, Procedures, 0 - David Antin Poet
There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness. - Jean Giono Writer · France
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Nothing can be more idle than the opposition of theory to practice! - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor. - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion. - Jeane Kirkpatrick Political scientist and diplomat
For the most part, quantum theory has been of little practical value in my life. - Jenny Diski Writer · England
Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
