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Auden Quotes

Carol Ann Duffy quote: "Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the..."
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. Carol Ann Duffy
Stephen Greenblatt quote: "In short, it became possible - never easy, but possible - in..."
In short, it became possible - never easy, but possible - in the poet Auden's phrase to find the mortal world enough. Stephen Greenblatt
As Auden is believed to have said, no poem saved a single Jew from the gas chambers. Never mind. Write the poems anyway. Play the music in spite of that. Philip Pullman
The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, ‘Love each other or perish’. Mitch Albom
You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom. Nick Cave
Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to the defiant, dealing in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, panties, God, Auden, Johnny Cash, cold potatoes, too-much-money, not enough money, writer’s block, flowers, animals and more flowers. But maybe I’m projecting here. Nick Cave
Stevie Smith quote: "I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very..."
I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican. Stevie Smith

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