More From W. H. Auden
- "Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest."
- "The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living."
- "A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become."
More In Art
- "You know, in my music career there was a moment where the irony was just so heavy. There were people in my audience that were the reason I developed neuroses. These people that tortured my life were using my art, my poetry, as fuel for them, to torture other people."― Fred Durst
- "When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner, wine-and-dine donors. Sure, these are important these days – museums have to bring in money – but they gobble up space and push the art itself far away from the entrance."― Jerry Saltz
- "People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love."― Claude Monet