Poetry Quote by W. H. Auden — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Truth, like love and sleep, resents approaches that are too intense.”

“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music.”

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

“He was my North, my South, my East and West,”

“All the rest is silence”

“The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets in motion...elements in the reader that would otherwise remain stagnant.”

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”

“And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth.”

“From a little spark may burst a flame.”

“you can take this mouth”

“My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.”