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

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

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

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

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...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

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...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

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...

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

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.

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

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...

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?