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W. H. Auden Quotes
«Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.»
«Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.»
«No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.»
«I cannot accept the doctrine that in poetry there is a ''suspension of belief.'' A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
in suspension, poetically, suspension, true statement
«You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference in beauty or desire.»
«A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
distinctive, generalize, generalized, generalizes, generalizing, odorless, scent, stink
«Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
dogmatic, propositions, shaggy, statements, utterances