I want to reveal in a simple way the usual – and unusual – life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin’s life, the literary and artistic. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
Poetry is not Irish or any other nationality; and when writers such as Messrs. Clarke, Farren and the late F. R. Higgins pursue Irishness as a poetic end, they are merely exploiting incidental local colour. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
The second-grade films – where are they? No more are they made, and yet they were by far the best films for holding hands at, and wasn’t this always the main purpose of the cinema? Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and talk about football would not be for him. He might take part but could not belong. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
In the dear dead days beyond recall, when I was in my prime as a film critic, the industry was booming. Hollywood, to give them their due, always called it the industry, through quite a few imagined it as an art form and went through several hours regularly at tiresome films in the sacred cause of art. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything. Patrick Kavanagh Read Quote
