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> [If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived in vain. Great poets might expect the whole body of their work, but most of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/if-i-were-to-die-thinking-that-i-d-written-three-poems-that-people/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

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## More by Andrew Motion

> [In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/in-a-general-way-i-want-to-be-a-kind-of-flag-waver-bunting-hanger-up/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/these-places-and-the-ancient-things-you-know-you-won-t-know-soon-i-m/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I'm also a great believer in the dream life; that while we're asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-m-also-a-great-believer-in-the-dream-life-that-while-we-re-asleep-a/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-like-eating-out-i-like-buying-beautiful-paintings-and-being/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I read ' Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-read-treasure-island-for-the-first-time-at-university-and-i-started/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/poems-are-a-hotline-to-our-hearts-and-we-forget-this-emotional-power/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [When you're being looked at very hard, it's very hard to look back. And that made me stop paying attention to the world in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/when-you-re-being-looked-at-very-hard-it-s-very-hard-to-look-back-and/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/if-i-were-to-die-thinking-that-i-d-written-three-poems-that-people/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I wish I'd been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It's in the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-wish-i-d-been-better-able-to-resist-the-sense-of-obligation-to/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I'm not much given to making shamanistic remarks about all this, but I'm a great believer in the dream life. If I can carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-m-not-much-given-to-making-shamanistic-remarks-about-all-this-but-i/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/honor-the-miraculousness-of-the-ordinary/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [Keats writes better about poems than anybody I've ever read. The things that he says about what he wants his own poems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/keats-writes-better-about-poems-than-anybody-i-ve-ever-read-the/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-deeply-adored-my-mum-she-was-an-extraordinary-person-even-for-the/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-am-writing-more-than-i-have-ever-done-my-life-has-come-back-to-me/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

> [I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-motion/i-ve-found-a-different-way-to-scent-the-air-already-it-s-a-by-word/)

[Andrew Motion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-motion/)

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