Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Writers Quotes

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

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

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

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...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

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.

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...

So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to...

So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to...

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the...

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the...