The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself. -Derek Walcott

 

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.


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This quote is just one of 8 total Derek Walcott quotes in our collection. Derek Walcott is known for saying 'The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.' as well as some of the following quotes.

He's just dominant. He knows how to play.

Derek Walcott

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

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

Derek Walcott

This image of us as being art supportive and very cultured is false, ... The money that we have now that is keeping this place going has come from Canada-the University of Toronto. When you come across sponsors like these gentlemen we have today, what it does for the individual artist is enormous. It means that we can feel that there is some direction to our lives.

Derek Walcott

We knew there was a point when Kevin would come through and carry us.

Derek Walcott