Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Craig Raine

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Craig Raine.

Last updated on November 4, 2024.

Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a notable pioneer of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1991 to 2010 and is now emeritus professor. He has been the editor of Areté since 1999. In 2020 the magazine closed after 60 issues.

English - Poet | Born: December 3, 1944

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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

Craig Raine

Great writers arrive among us like new diseases threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.

Craig Raine

Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings And some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt Or the body to shriek without pain.

Craig Raine

Great writers arrive among us like new diseases - threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.

Craig Raine

I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear.

Craig Raine