Imagination is like the drunk man who lost his watch and must get drunk again to find it. - Guy Davenport 1 Share Now -
My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things exist. I don't think any teacher should try to 'teach an author,' but rather simply describe what the author has written. And this is what I tried to do. - Guy Davenport 2 Share Now -
My view, as one who taught it, is that the whole purpose of a literary education should be to tell people that these things exist. I don't think any teacher should try to 'teach an author,' but rather simply describe what the author has written. And this is what I tried to do. - Guy Davenport 3 Share Now -
There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. - Guy Davenport 4 Share Now -
The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all a difference of imagination. - Guy Davenport 5 Share Now -
