How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life. Patrick Kavanagh dabblelifeman Change image and share on social
Ay - 'The Green Fool' business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damage. It destroyed the momentum. Patrick Kavanagh actionbusinessdamage 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
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
Malice is only another name for mediocrity. Patrick Kavanagh malicemediocrity Change image and share on social
In its truest manifestation, where it gives judgments, poetry is super-luxury. It would be interesting to see what would happen to a High Court judge if he were forced to follow the true poetic formula, doing the job for love, being forced into pubs for relief. Patrick Kavanagh courtfollowforce share on social
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 artisticbusmancity 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
