Hugh MacDiarmid Quotes

• It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Lying, Inspiration, Europe

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• There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  World, Stones, Building

  Hugh MacDiarmid, Alan Riach, Michael Grieve (1993). “Selected Poetry”, p.148, New Directions Publishing

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• Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland SMALL?

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Scotland, Infinite, Scots

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• Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Football, Together, Intellect

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• In spite of all their kind some elements of worth
  With difficulty persist here and there on earth.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Optimism, Here And There, Elements

  Hugh MacDiarmid (2006). “Hugh MacDiarmid: Selected Poetry”, p.169, New Directions Publishing

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• Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Escaping, Bedtime, Fortunate

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• The number of people who can copulate properly may be few; the number who can write well are infinitely fewer.

  Hugh MacDiarmid

  Writing, Numbers, People

  1928 Review of D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover in The New Age, 27 Sep. This may very well have been the first published review of Lawrence's novel.

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