Louis Dudek
Louis Dudek
Louis Dudek, OCwas a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. "As a critic, teacher and theoretician, Dudek influenced the teaching of Canadian poetry in most schools and universities" in Canada."...
Louis Dudek quotes about
reputation fame good-reputation
A good reputation is better than fame.
writing fake degrees
In a poem, the words happen; they just come. I let them. Otherwise, I wouldn't write. To interfere with what is happening is to distort the poem. Just a very small degree of intelligence and supervision is necessary. Very tactful. Any revision later that violates the text as it came, that begins rewriting the words, is fake.
wonderful capacity century
The twentieth century had a wonderful capacity for seeing nothing as the sum of everything.
love-is hatred particular
Hatred isgeneralized, but love is for the particular.
disguise
The best live among us in disguise.
done sin original-sin
There is no original sin. It's all been done before.