“Collect yourself: to smother what you feel, recall to order, summon in one place; making, like Orpheus, a system against loss.” — Ruth Padel Avoidance Copy Share Image
“Tragedy's language stresses that whatever is within us is obscure, many faceted, impossible to see. Performance gave this question of what is… — Ruth Padel Ancient greece Copy Share Image
“How difficult it is to see The things we love With all this shadow round us, This brief time we're here.” — Ruth Padel Copy Share Image
“Poetry or science, what matters is saying it how you see it. Saying precisely what and how you saw, and no more.… — Ruth Padel Artistic expression Copy Share Image