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Category Archive: October 28

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “Well, probably I was fed up…”

Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of bad concrete poetry and besides, it was confused with visual poetry which was completely different.

September 1, 2021 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “If the work is pure then…”

If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn’t mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn’t worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work.

August 23, 2021 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “My position is that since the…”

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.

August 11, 2021 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “I came to these mediums through…”

I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

May 25, 2021 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “No, I don’t make my work…”

No, I don’t make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people’s expectations – I only do what I find natural.

April 4, 2021 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “However, I don’t feel the world…”

However, I don’t feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working – I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really.

April 3, 2021 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “But you have to understand that…”

But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all – it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.

December 12, 2020 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “As a friendly one. I would…”

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.

November 19, 2020 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “People have always found me challenging…”

People have always found me challenging – I don’t know why, when I am only being myself. I don’t understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.

May 2, 2020 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “Little Sparta is a garden in…”

Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.

April 13, 2020 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

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