Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.
W.H. Auden
Productivity, Priorities, Work Ethic, Routine, Advice
W.H. Auden’s Quotes On Topics
Self-discovery | Surrealism | Self-reliance | Choices | Paradise | Normality | Unconscious | Divine Perspective | Immediacy | Dilemma | Psychological Insight | Inner Peace | Beauty | Cultural Commentary | Intellectual Revolution | Priorities | Finality | Necessity | Intimacy | Human Achievement | More
More W.H. Auden Quotes
“May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?” W.H. Auden
Faith, God, Humanity, Difficulty, Reciprocal Trust
W.H. Auden Faith, God, Humanity, Difficulty, Reciprocal Trust“We who must die demand a miracle. How could the Eternal do a temporal act, The Infinite become a finite fact? Nothing can save us that is possible: We who must die demand a miracle.” W.H. Auden
Mortality, Miracles, Eternity, Human Condition, Paradox
W.H. Auden Mortality, Miracles, Eternity, Human Condition, Paradox“Caesar's double-bed is warm As an unimportant clerk Writes i do not like my work On a pink official form.” W.H. Auden
Power, Bureaucracy, Discontent, Contrast, Mundanity
W.H. Auden Power, Bureaucracy, Discontent, Contrast, Mundanity“Swans in the winter air A white perfection have.” W.H. Auden
Nature, Beauty, Perfection, Winter, Poetic Imagery
W.H. Auden Nature, Beauty, Perfection, Winter, Poetic Imagery“A poet must never make a statement simply because it sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.” W.H. Auden
Poetry, Authenticity, Integrity, Artistic Responsibility, Truth
W.H. Auden Poetry, Authenticity, Integrity, Artistic Responsibility, Truth“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.” W.H. Auden
Literature, Memory, Legacy, Quality, Cultural Value
W.H. Auden Literature, Memory, Legacy, Quality, Cultural Value“The poet marries the language, and out of this marriage the poem is born.” W.H. Auden
Poetry, Language, Creativity, Metaphor, Artistic Process
W.H. Auden Poetry, Language, Creativity, Metaphor, Artistic Process“Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.” W.H. Auden
Health, Medicine, Wellness, Paradox, Medical Critique
W.H. Auden Health, Medicine, Wellness, Paradox, Medical Critique“Words are for those with promises to keep.” W.H. Auden
Words, Promises, Responsibility, Communication, Commitment
W.H. Auden Words, Promises, Responsibility, Communication, Commitment“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.” W.H. Auden
Marriage, Romance, Commitment, Time, Emotional Complexity
W.H. Auden Marriage, Romance, Commitment, Time, Emotional Complexity“Evil is always unspectacular and always human.” W.H. Auden
Evil, Human Nature, Banality, Morality, Philosophical Insight
W.H. Auden Evil, Human Nature, Banality, Morality, Philosophical Insight“A person incapable of imaging another world than given to him by his senses would be subhuman, and a person who identifies his imaginary world with the world of sensory fact has become insane.” W.H. Auden
Imagination, Reality, Sanity, Perception, Human Capabilities
W.H. Auden Imagination, Reality, Sanity, Perception, Human Capabilities“Who on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own.” W.H. Auden
Conversation, Interests, Social Conventions, Curiosity, Work Discussions
W.H. Auden Conversation, Interests, Social Conventions, Curiosity, Work Discussions“In life the loser's score is always zero.” W.H. Auden
Life, Competition, Failure, Perspective, Metaphor
W.H. Auden Life, Competition, Failure, Perspective, Metaphor“I write because I love to play with language.” W.H. Auden
Writing, Language, Creativity, Passion, Self-expression
W.H. Auden Writing, Language, Creativity, Passion, Self-expression“Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.” W.H. Auden
Self-appreciation, Vanity, Human Nature, Humor, Personal Bias
W.H. Auden Self-appreciation, Vanity, Human Nature, Humor, Personal Bias“Be subtle, various, ornamental, clever, And do not listen to those critics ever Whose crude provincial gullets crave in books Plain cooking made still plainer by plain cooks.” W.H. Auden
Writing Advice, Criticism, Sophistication, Artistic Complexity, Literary Taste
W.H. Auden Writing Advice, Criticism, Sophistication, Artistic Complexity, Literary Taste