A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

Quote by T S Eliot

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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...

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

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,...

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.

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

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...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

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,...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

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

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

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...

There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that...