+ No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Games, Humanity, Innocence, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Those who will not reason, perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Action, Perish, Reason, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Hunger allows no choice. Author, October 16, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Desperation, Limitation, Survival, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Those who hate to go to bed fear death; those who hate to get up fear life. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Death, Fear, Life, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered. Author, September 12, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Change, Humanity, Vulnerability, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Awareness, Intuition, Perception, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Evil, Human, Intimacy, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Despair, Hopelessness, Loss, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user. William Morris Designer · England
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England