David Antin
David Antin
David Antinis an American poet, critic and performance artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 February 1932
CountryUnited States of America
David Antin quotes about
When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor.
narrative different stories
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
distinction unsatisfied
I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.
editing jazz-improvisation procedures
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation.
sacred casual secular
I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.
chicken turned
My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.