The poet has no greater number of muscles than the ordinary conversationalist; he merely has more highly developed muscles and better coordination. And he practises his activity according to a stricter set of rules. Louis MacNeice activityconversationalistcoordination share on social
In writing 'A Portrait of Athens' I have attempted - rather impressionistically - to give a panorama of its present. But I have also brought in its past because I sincerely think that there is a continuity. Louis MacNeice athensattemptbring share on social
All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery. Louis MacNeice conditionpeoplesnobbery Change image and share on social
My sympathies are Left. On paper and in the soul. But not in my heart or my guts. Louis MacNeice gutheartleave Change image and share on social
I am more proud of what distinguishes man from the animals than of what he has in common with them. Louis MacNeice animalcommondistinguish Change image and share on social
You can't express emotion without giving information. Louis MacNeice emotionexpressgive Change image and share on social
A poet should always be 'collaborating' with his public, but this public, in the mass, cannot make itself heard, and he has to guess at its requirements and its criticisms. Louis MacNeice collaboratecriticismguess Change image and share on social
Nearly all children have a feeling for rhythm in words, for the delicate pattern of nursery rhymes. Many adults have lost this feeling and, if they read verse at all, demand a far cruder music than that which they once appreciated. Louis MacNeice adultappreciatechild share on social
It is a retrogression when human beings begin to insist on uniform, on one-mindedness, on conditioning their offspring so that all their reactions are automatic. Louis MacNeice automaticbeginbeing Change image and share on social
Democracy - or any improvement on it - will rest on the layman's right to criticize. His criticism will be often - very often - damn silly, but if, like Plato and the Fascists, we take away his right to criticize, we take away his right to appreciate. Louis MacNeice criticismcriticizedamn share on social
