Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Quote by TS Eliot

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We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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

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

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with...

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.