Tony Harrison

Poet

1937-04-30

Quotes by Tony Harrison

• 'Night Mail' belongs quintessentially to the age of steam. It is impossible to simply go with the idea of remaking it.

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• Statues are one of the ways I try to test the traditions of European culture against the most modern destructive forces. I often make a point of seeking them out and have used them as mouthpieces in my film poetry, as with Heinrich Heine in 'The Gaze of the Gorgon.'

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• I often find myself quoting from Victor Hugo after one of my theatrical ventures. 'Now that my play is a failure,' he once said, 'I find I love it all the more.' I first quoted that after 'Square Rounds' at the Olivier in 1992.

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