The residue of religion in my work appears as a modified transcendentalism, and the positivist scientific side of my thought appears as concreteness and realism. The effort to reconcile the two is at the core of all my poetry. — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
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… — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
Intellectually, most people never wash. They never free their minds of the accumulated rubbish of centuries. — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess. — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
The long poem cannot be a digressive, expansive, boring exposition. It is really made of very sharp, Imagistic, quintessential poetic elements. — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
The residue of religion in my work appears as a modified transcendentalism, and the positivist scientific side of my thought appears as concreteness and… — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
