Brian Patten Professions : Poet Born : February 7, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Brian Patten When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers. Brian Patten clothes poetry sight Through silence only the good messages go unheard. Brian Patten unheard silence messages On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra. Brian Patten mathematics poet mind Death is the only grammatically correct full stop. Brian Patten Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
