Guy Davenport quotes

Imagination is like the drunk man who lost his watch and must get drunk again to find it. (Guy Davenport)
I never intended to be a teacher. I just like going to school and learning things. View quote
Guy Davenport
There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. View quote
Guy Davenport
Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding. View quote
Guy Davenport
The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination. View quote
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I was thought to be retarded as a child, and all the evidence indicates that I was. View quote
Guy Davenport

Guy Davenport

Occupation: American Writer
Born: November 23, 1927
Died: January 4, 2005
Quotes count: 6