Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

Quote by W H Auden

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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.

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

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...

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

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

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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...

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

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

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual...

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual...

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.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

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...

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

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

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.