We are all fed from hundreds and thousands of hands. Often we do not know whose they are nor how they work. Only a few of us ever visualize the hands that grope in the coal mines or push levers in the mills or handle axes in the lumber camp. Louis MacNeice axiscampcoal share on social
Some day I shall write a novel and call it 'A Walking Tour in the Congo' or 'Thrills and Spills in Aeronautics'; but I keep this type of title as a last & mercenary resort. Louis MacNeice aeronauticscallcongo Change image and share on social
Good poets have written in order to describe something or to preach something - with their eye on the object or the end. The essence of the poetry does not lie in the thing described or in the message imparted but in the resulting concrete unity, the poem. Louis MacNeice concretedescribeend share on social
A harrassed and dubious childhood under the hand of a well-meaning but barbarous mother's help from County Armagh led me to think of the North of Ireland as prison and the South as a land of escape. Louis MacNeice armaghbarbarouschildhood Change image and share on social
I am more proud of what distinguishes man from the animals than of what he has in common with them. Louis MacNeice animalcommondistinguish Change image and share on social
Nearly all children have a feeling for rhythm in words, for the delicate pattern of nursery rhymes. Many adults have lost this feeling and, if they read verse at all, demand a far cruder music than that which they once appreciated. Louis MacNeice adultappreciatechild share on social
All the arts, to varying degrees, involve some kind of a compromise. This being so, how far need the radio dramatist go to meet the public without losing sight of himself and his own standards of value? Louis MacNeice artcompromisedegree share on social
I do not envy any animal, though I envy many of their capacities. Louis MacNeice animalcapacityenvy Change image and share on social
All experiment is made on a basis of tradition; all tradition is the crystallization of experiment. Louis MacNeice basiscrystallizationexperiment Change image and share on social
