You are the music while the music lasts.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: Life Quotes, Music Quotes

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

Love is a spirit all compact of fire

Love is a spirit all compact of fire