“ Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. W. H. Auden
“ When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes. W. H. Auden
“ No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. W. H. Auden
“ Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profound… W. H. Auden
“ A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. W. H. Auden
“ 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. W. H. Auden
“ 'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' W. H. Auden
“ I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street. W. H. Auden
“ History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. W. H. Auden
