"Writing was a political act and poetry was……" — Linton Kwesi Johnson

"Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon."

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

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11 Quotes by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

At the end of the day, life's about realising one's human potential. I don't know if I've realised mine, but…
I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste,
Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no…
The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same…
Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger,…
I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral…
I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You…
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from…
The modern stuff, I can take it or leave it. I like its danceability, but the DJs talk a lot…
Younger people are discovering my work, even though my reggae is not like theirs.

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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