Top 37 Quotes by David Antin

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I'm doing. I don't give a damn if half the audience walks out.

A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.

When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor.

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.