I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene. Peter Porter australiancarefullyclue share on social
I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called 'heritage'. Peter Porter callcountrydistortion share on social
In other words the pictures are in a kind of relationship with each other which is touching only at points rather than pictures being illustrations of poems or poems extrapolations of the pictures. Peter Porter extrapolationillustrationkind Change image and share on social
I have no fondness for pure form at all. Peter Porter fondnessformpure Change image and share on social
Love without sex is still the most efficient form of hell known to man. Peter Porter efficientformhell Change image and share on social
As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know. Peter Porter arthurmoneypeople Change image and share on social
You can never tell when an artist really will take up someone's work and work with it happily. Peter Porter artisthappilywork Change image and share on social
