What did W. H. Auden mean by: Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell. W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade’s End is one of them. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Love, Society, War, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Words are for those with promises to keep. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Accountability, Commitment, Responsibility, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won’t believe again in their own size. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Illusion, Reality, Self-perception, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Love each other or perish. Author, September 10, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Community, Love, Survival, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Consumption, Harmony, Survival, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Betrayal, Love, Vulnerability, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition. Author, October 17, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Ambition, Intelligence, Routine, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The friends who met here and embraced are gone, Each to his own mistake. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Friendship, Loss, Mistakes, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
