Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it. — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather.… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I think it was lucky that during most of the work on the Odyssey I lived on Homer's sea in houses that were, in… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary. — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
