Andrew Motion
1952
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Biography
Andrew Motion is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009. He was born in 1952 and studied at University College, Oxford. Motion is known for his powerful and evocative poetry, with works such as 'The Customs House' and 'The Invention of Dr Cake' garnering critical acclaim. Besides his poetry, he has also written biographies of notable figures like Keats and Larkin.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Poetry is an affair of liberty, a way of inflecting the world.
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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.
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Poetry is the voice of human experience.
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Words are potent. They continue to do their work forever.
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Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.