David Antin
David Antin
David Antinis an American poet, critic and performance artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 February 1932
CountryUnited States of America
meaningful children singing
Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.
real ideas made
Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.
lying men names
A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.
character mouths novel
It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.
ideas rejection entertainment
My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.
together kind process
I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker.
want experts range
I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore.
thinking way path
My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.
mother widows chickens
My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.
art way causes
An art machine is a system whose parts when put in motion act upon each other in such a way as to cause you to see things differently
thinking giving taste
While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht.
pieces world entertainment
The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.
strong feelings liberty
I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.
believe thinking focus
I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.