No poet or novelist wishes he was the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number believe their wish has been granted.
W.H. AudenOrganic growth is a cyclical process; it is just as true to say that the oak is a potential acorn as it is to say the acorn is a potential oak. But the process of writing a poem, of making any art object, is not cyclical but a motion in one direction toward a definite end.
W.H. AudenPeople always get what they want. But there is a price for everything. Failures are either those who do not know what they want or are not prepared to pay the price asked them. The price varies from individual to individual. Some get things at bargain-sale prices, others only at famine prices. But it is no use grumbling. Whatever price you are asked, you must pay.
W.H. AudenTo read is to translate, for no two persons' experiences are the same. A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally.
W.H. AudenStichwörter: consciousness reading educational
You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated.
W.H. AudenShall memory restore
The steps and the shore,
The face and the meeting place;
On był moją Północą, Wschodem i Zachodem,
Był Południem, dniem pracy, niedzielnym ogrodem,
Księżycem, porą nocy; w nim pieśń i rozmowa.
Myślałem: miłość przetrwa wieki. Złudne słowa.
Po co mi gwiazdy teraz, każdą zgaś z księżycem.
Wyrzuć ocean, a słońce rozbij na mgławicę,
Wylej ocean, wymieć lasy z drzew, spal zboże,
Bo teraz nic już dobrze skończyć się nie może.
Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.
W.H. AudenStichwörter: writing creativity poets quotes
If you want romance, fuck a journalist.
W.H. AudenStichwörter: romance sex quote
Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
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