Craig Raine quotes

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it. (Craig Raine)
Great writers arrive among us like new diseases threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible. View quote
Craig Raine
Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings And some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt Or the body to shriek without pain. View quote
Craig Raine
I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear. View quote
Craig Raine
In homes, a haunted apparatus sleeps, That snores when you pick it up. If the ghost cries, they carry it To their lips and soothe it to sleep With sounds. And yet, they wake it up Deliberately, by tickling with a finger. View quote
Craig Raine