W. H. Auden Quotes on Poets (4 Quotes)
- A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
(W. H. Auden)
- A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
(W. H. Auden)
- 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.
(W. H. Auden)
- You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated.
(W. H. Auden)
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