W. H. Auden – Choice of attention – to pay…
Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner…
W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden – Like everything which is not…
Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of…
W. H. Auden – A poet is, before anything…
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language…
W. H. Auden – Healing,’ Papa would tell me…
Healing,’ Papa would tell me, ‘is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing…
W. H. Auden – No good opera plot can…
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are…
W. H. Auden – It’s a sad fact about…
It’s a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money…