It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Lies Quotes, Talent Quotes

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

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...

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are...

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are...

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

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...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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

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

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

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...

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.

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...

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

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...

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.

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

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...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.