Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.