Andrew Motion

Sir Andrew Motion, FRSL (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009.

3 quotes
0 likes
0Verified
about 2 months agoLast Quote

Languages

EN
3 quotes

Top Categories

Poets From England
3 quotes
Editors
3 quotes
Novelists From England
3 quotes
Academics From The United Kingdom
3 quotes
Poets Laureate
3 quotes

Timeline

First Quote Added

April 10, 2026

Latest Quote Added

April 10, 2026

Related Authors

Letitia Elizabeth Landon794John Dryden431Benjamin Disraeli388Enoch Powell352Samuel Johnson352

All Quotes by This Author

"Poets know their own poems in a way and to a depth that is unique.. even if they mumble a bit ..their delivery will still have important things to tell us."

- Andrew Motion

• 0 likes• novelists-from-england• poets-from-england• academics-from-the-united-kingdom• poets-laureate• editors•
"In the swirl of its pool the home-coming salmon has no intuition of anything changed."

- Andrew Motion

• 0 likes• novelists-from-england• poets-from-england• academics-from-the-united-kingdom• poets-laureate• editors•
"By day the appalling loose beauty of prowling floes: lions’ heads, dragons, crucifix-wrecks, and a thing like a blown rose."

- Andrew Motion

• 0 likes• novelists-from-england• poets-from-england• academics-from-the-united-kingdom• poets-laureate• editors•