Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About W. H. Auden
British-American poet
Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Born in 1907 and active across much of the twentieth century, he is known for poetry that is formally skilled and wide-ranging in subject and tone. His work deals with politics, morality, love, religion, and the pressures of modern life. Among his best known poems are "Funeral Blues," "September 1, 1939," "The Shield of Achilles," The Age of Anxiety, "For the Time Being," and "Horae Canonicae."
More from W. H. Auden (73 quotes) →Keep reading W. H. Auden
- “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all…”W. H. Auden
- “Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.”W. H. Auden
- “The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.”W. H. Auden
- “Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.”W. H. Auden
Art: more sayings
- “Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.”Will Rogers
- “I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.”Rhys Ifans
- “Nor, perhaps, will it fail to be eventually perceived, that behind those forms and usages, as it were, he som…”Herman Melville
READ THE SOURCE
Books by W. H. Auden
Poems
2007