What did W. H. Auden mean by: As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one’s language from corruption. - W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ We till shadowed days are done, We must weep and sing Duty’s conscious wrong, The Devil in the clock Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Devil, Work, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ a culture is no better than its woods Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 26, 2023, W. H. Auden, Climate, Nature, Woods, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Had Greek civilization never existed … we would never have become fully conscious. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Civilization, Conscious, Greek, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ You owe it to all of us all get on with what you’re good at. Feraz Zeid, July 12, 2023December 12, 2023, W. H. Auden, Stewardship, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Guides, Pleasure, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Fact, Get Up, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Death, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Drama is based on the Mistake. Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 12, 2023, W. H. Auden, Drama, Mistake, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. - Jean-Jacques Annaud Director · France
The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms. - Frank Griswold
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
By stretching language we’ll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide. - Jean Genet Playwright · France
Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. - George Henry Lewes Philosopher and literary critic · England
In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy. - Walt Disney Animator · USA
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
