W. H. Auden Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)
W. H. Auden quotes and sayings page 5 (poet). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 74 we have.
“Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.”
“No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.”
“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.”
“A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.”
“A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.”
“It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.”
“When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.”
“All that we are not stares back at what we are.”
“Learn from your dreams what you lack.”
“No hero is mortal till he dies.”
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