David Antin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.”

“I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding.”

“I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.”

“My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.”

“Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.”

“There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be.”

“You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.”

“The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember.”

“I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.”

“I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.”