Famous quotes containing the word walcott:
“Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures; it is not inhibited by flourish; it is a rhetorical society; it is a society of physical performance; it is a society of style.”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“I try to forget what happiness was,
and when that don’t work, I study the stars.”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)