Derek Walcott Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

  Derek Walcott

  Imagination, Special, Language

  "Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean Poet, Dies at 87". The Paris Review Interview, www.latimes.com. March 17, 2017.

• To change your language you must change your life.

  Derek Walcott

  Life, Language, Changing Your Life

  Derek Walcott (2014). “The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013”, p.83, Macmillan

• The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element.

  Derek Walcott

  Black History, Elements, Language

  Derek Walcott (2014). “What the Twilight Says: Essays”, p.62, Macmillan

• The English language is nobody's special property.

  Derek Walcott

  Special, Language, English Language

  "Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Eighth Series". Book edited by George Plimpton, 1988.

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