Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W. H. Auden Quotes

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

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....

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

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.

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer...

We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer...

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when...

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when...