Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973), who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,
Now is the age of anxiety. Use this quote
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age. Use this quote
It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. Use this quote
'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' Use this quote
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. Use this quote
Art is born of humiliation. Use this quote
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. Use this quote
It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. Use this quote
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. Use this quote
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him. Use this quote
