I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Dancing Quotes, Grace Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

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

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

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

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...

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...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

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

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

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

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

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...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

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...

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...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

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.

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 poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days...

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days...

Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And...

Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And...

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its...

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...