Simon Armitage Quotes & Sayings

15 most famous Simon Armitage quotes and sayings (poet). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield.”

“I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.”

“The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.”

“I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.”

“In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself.”

“I wondered if people might not have had enough of Simon Armitage and wondered whether I hadn't had enough of Simon Armitage.”

“People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.”

“I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.”