Brian Patten Quotes

• Through silence only the good messages go unheard.

  Brian Patten

  Silence, Messages, Unheard

  Brian Patten (1990). “Grinning Jack: selected poems”, Collins Educational

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• 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.

  Brian Patten

  Sight, Clothes, Poetry

  Brian Patten (2007). “Selected Poems”, ePenguin

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• Death is the only grammatically correct full stop.

  Brian Patten

  Brian Patten (1990). “Grinning Jack: selected poems”, Collins Educational

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• 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.

  Brian Patten

  Mind, Poet, Mathematics

  Brian Patten (2007). “Selected Poems”, ePenguin

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