A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...