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Ian Hamilton Finlay Quotes: My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.
         

My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.


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Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks.

Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks.



The present order is the disorder of the future.

The present order is the disorder of the future.



I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.



People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.

People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.



I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.



As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.

As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes.



Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.

Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.



What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.

What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.



No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.



But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.





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