You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

Quote by W H Auden

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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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

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

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...

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...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

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

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

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

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 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...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

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.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

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...

I paint with shapes.

I paint with shapes.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.