Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973), who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. Use this quote
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. Use this quote
Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate. Use this quote
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell. Use this quote
Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one. Use this quote
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep. Use this quote
