What did David Antin mean by: There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. David Antin Poet Copy
I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Antin, Casual, 0 David Antin Poet
I’m standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I’m happy to see them go. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Antin, Assertiveness, Confidence, Independence, 0 David Antin Poet
I’m not sure what theory is, unless it’s the pursuit of fundamental questions. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Antin, Fundamental, Pursuit, Questioning, 0 David Antin Poet
It’s hard being a hostage in somebody else’s mouth – or a character in somebody else’s novel. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Antin, Control, Identity, Power, 0 David Antin Poet
From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Antin, Entertainment, Language, Protection, 0 David Antin Poet
Stories are different every time you tell them – they allow so many possible narratives. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Antin, Change, Imagination, Variety, 0 David Antin Poet
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
