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

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Art Quotes, Music Quotes, Poetry Quotes

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

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

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

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

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

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