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Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott

Poet

Born: Jan 23, 1930

Because Caribbean Great People Think You

Related authors: Emily Dickinson Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Khalil Gibran Maya Angelou Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost Sophocles Walt Whitman

I have never felt inhibited in trying to write as well as the greatest English poets. Derek Walcott

Poets Write Never Well Felt Greatest Trying Inhibited English

Where I come from, we sing poetry. Derek Walcott

Poetry Come Sing Where

My relationship to Britain is of no consequence. Derek Walcott

Relationship Britain Consequence

The fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world. Derek Walcott

Love World Fate Fall Poetry

In painting, you don't have to go through a process of opinion; it speaks directly, and either it works, or it doesn't. Derek Walcott

You Painting Directly Through Opinion Go Process Either Speaks Works

Musical composition, about which I know little, is a complicated art, and some contemporary music may be the equivalent of a complex abstract painting. Derek Walcott

Music Art Complicated Painting Musical Complex Some Composition About Abstract Know Contemporary Contemporary Music Equivalent May Which Little

My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress, she still had to do a lot of sewing. The more I think about her, the more remarkable I realise she was. And she understood straight away when I said that I wanted to write. Derek Walcott

Time Struggle Mother Tough Think Hid Sewing About More Tough Time Remarkable Write Had She Although Became Said Understood Still Salary Lot Children Wanted Realise Straight Us Away Her

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