Adjectives are the potbelly of poetry.
More Quotes from Wystan Hugh Auden:
History to the defeated May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.Wystan Hugh Auden
If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.
Wystan Hugh Auden
Earth, receive an honored guest William Yeats is laid to rest. Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry.
Wystan Hugh Auden
The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.
Wystan Hugh Auden
He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song I thought that love would last forever I was wrong.
Wystan Hugh Auden
It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.
Wystan Hugh Auden
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Literature Quotes, Poetry QuotesBased on Keywords: adjectives, potbelly
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
Max Lerner
I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.
David Morse
A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
Brian Eno