Bunting, Basil Quotes on Quotations Book

Bunting, Basil Quotes

Basil Bunting (March 3, 1900 1985) was a British modernist poet. He had a lifelong interest in music and this led him to emphasise the idea of poetry as sound and the importance of reading poetry aloud. Bunting was an accomplished reader of his own work. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Bunting, Basil.

"But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots."

Bunting, Basil on Government
Discuss quotations · Share quote · 1 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology."

Bunting, Basil on Mystics and Mysticism
Discuss quotations · Share quote · 1 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"I hate science. It denies a man's responsibility for his own deeds, abolishes the brotherhood that springs from God's fatherhood. It is a hectoring, dictating expertise, which makes the least lovable of the Church Fathers seem liberal by contrast. It is far easier for a Hitler or a Stalin to find a mock-scientific excuse for persecution than it was for Dominic to find a mock-Christian one."

Bunting, Basil on Science and Scientists
Discuss quotations · Share quote · 0 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?"

Bunting, Basil on Temptation
Discuss quotations · Share quote · 0 fans >>

Bookmark quote

Videos about Bunting, Basil

Loading videos from Google Video...

News about Bunting, Basil

Loading news from Google News...

Powered by Google News

Save or Share this page?

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1133/">Quotes by <em>Bunting, Basil</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> ·