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Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: 'As

Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: 'As much neurosis as the child can bear. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: It is a sad fact about our culture

It is 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. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: A poet must never make a statement simply

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: A poet is a professional maker of verbal

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: A poet is, before anything else, a person

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By Chris Hedges: A culture," the poet W. H. Auden observed,

A culture," the poet W. H. Auden observed, "is no better than its woods. — Chris Hedges

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: A poet can write about a man slaying

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: The chances are that, in the course of

The chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor, simply because major poets write a lot. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By Cynthia Ozick: Auden is a poet - no, the poet

Auden is a poet - no, the poet - of unembarrassed intellect. Ideas are his emotions, emotions are his ideas. — Cynthia Ozick

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: I will love you forever" swears the poet.

I will love you forever" swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. "I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday" - Is that still as easy? — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: As a poet, there is only one political

As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: no poet can know what his poem is

no poet can know what his poem is going to be like until he has written it. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By Stephen Greenblatt: In short, it became possible - never easy,

In short, it became possible - never easy, but possible - in the poet Auden's phrase to find the mortal world enough. — Stephen Greenblatt

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: The poet marries the language, and out of

The poet marries the language, and out of this marriage the poem is born. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: A poet's hope: to be, like some valley

A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: What the poet says has never been said

What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: You will be a poet because you will

You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated. — W. H. Auden

Poet W H Auden Quotes By W. H. Auden: Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps

Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs. — W. H. Auden

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