Recitation Quotes

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.