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

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

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

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...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

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....

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.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

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

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

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...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

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.

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

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 saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

When I saw you, I saw love. When I saw you naked, I saw lust....

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of...

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of...