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Hugh MacDiarmid Quotes

It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies.

Hugh MacDiarmid
Lying, Inspiration, Europe

There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.

Hugh MacDiarmid
World, Stones, Building
Hugh MacDiarmid, Alan Riach, Michael Grieve (1993). “Selected Poetry”, p.148, New Directions Publishing

Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.

Hugh MacDiarmid
Football, Together, Intellect

Scotland small? Our multiform, infinite Scotland SMALL?

Hugh MacDiarmid
Scotland, Infinite, Scots

Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.

Hugh MacDiarmid
Escaping, Bedtime, Fortunate

In spite of all their kind some elements of worth With difficulty persist here and there on earth.

Hugh MacDiarmid
Optimism, Here And There, Elements
Hugh MacDiarmid (2006). “Hugh MacDiarmid: Selected Poetry”, p.169, New Directions Publishing

The number of people who can copulate properly may be few; the number who can write well are infinitely fewer.

Hugh MacDiarmid
Writing, Numbers, People
1928 Review of D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover in The New Age, 27 Sep. This may very well have been the first published review of Lawrence's novel.

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