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Tony Harrison Quotes

English - Poet | April 30, 1937 -

The imagination has its limits, and you have to face up to that.

Imagination Limits Face You Up

I was brought up on music hall, and at the same time, I was studying Greek at the age of 12.

Music Age Time Studying Same Up

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

Relationship Actor Audience Like

I'm hoping to have a ninth decade like Matisse's.

Decade Like Hoping Ninth

You litter poems with too much learning when you're younger.

Learning You Too Much Litter Poems

I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.

Hate Me Poet Being Covers

It is always better to write for the whole of society than for the poetry-reading public.

Society Better Write Always Whole

Coming from a very inarticulate family made me try to speak for those who can't express themselves and created a need for articulation at its most ceremonial - poetry.

Family Poetry Me Speak Try Need

I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.

Life Light Darkness Death Just

I was well read and knew languages, but I didn't want to become Ezra Pound. I wanted to write poetry that people like my parents might respond to.

Poetry Parents People Want Become

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

Poetry Theatre Attention Like Itself

I hate the anglicanisation of culture, the idea that culture is genteel. It's not genteel.

Culture Hate Idea Genteel

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