The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public issues that were agitating the minds of politicians and journalists on those days. Joyce is interested in the mind of a man who has put five shillings on a horse. Patrick Kavanagh agitatedayexcit share on social
Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left. Patrick Kavanagh cancereatleave Change image and share on social
Yeats, protected to some extent by the Nationalistic movement, wrote out of a somewhat protected world, and so his work does not touch life deeply. Patrick Kavanagh deeplyextentlife Change image and share on social
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 factfigureimmoral Change image and share on social
Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination. Patrick Kavanagh alcoholbadenemy Change image and share on social
The keynote of simple folk is bad manners, familiarity. They intrude on one's private soul. Patrick Kavanagh badfamiliarityfolk Change image and share on social
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 bringdeadfood Change image and share on social
Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially. Patrick Kavanagh artificiallycitylife Change image and share on social
A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men. Patrick Kavanagh goodmanoriginal Change image and share on social
Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie. Patrick Kavanagh artisticclichelie Change image and share on social
