The sigh of history rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the antilles there are — Derek Walcott
Visual surprise is natural in the caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty — Derek Walcott
The english language is nobody’s special property. It is the property of the imagination: — Derek Walcott
If you know what you are going to write when you’re writing a poem, it’s going to be average. — Derek Walcott