Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

Quote by T S Eliot

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Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...