Top 38 Quotes by Paul Muldoon

About Paul Muldoon

These are some quotes by English author Paul Muldoon Poet, who was born on June 20, 1951.

The best poems come from the world, go through the poet, and go back in to the world.

The best poems come from the world, go through the poet, and go back in to the world.

Paul Muldoon

The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of course, and I'm sometimes interested in how much one can get away with.

The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of course, and I'm sometimes interested in how much one can get away with.

Paul Muldoon

Poetry is as vital as ever. The teaching of poetry reading, however, is sluggish and, often, slovenly. It needs to be expanded in the school curriculum and be more a feature of society at large. The newspapers should all be carrying a daily poem. It should be as natural as reading a novel.

Paul Muldoon

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.

Paul Muldoon

I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.

I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.

Paul Muldoon

I love the fact that Inuit poetry may resonate with me as much as Irish.

I love the fact that Inuit poetry may resonate with me as much as Irish.

Paul Muldoon

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

Paul Muldoon

I do a lot of readings.

I do a lot of readings.

Paul Muldoon

What I try to do is to go into a poem - and one writes them, of course, poem by poem - to go into each poem, first of all without having any sense whatsoever of where it's going to end up.

What I try to do is to go into a poem - and one writes them, of course, poem by poem - to go into each poem, first of all without having any sense whatsoever of where it's going to end up.

Paul Muldoon

I'm sure 50 percent of television ads use rhyme.

I'm sure 50 percent of television ads use rhyme.

Paul Muldoon

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