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W. H. Auden Quotes About Works Of Art

We have collected for you the TOP of W. H. Auden's best quotes about Works Of Art! Here are collected all the quotes about Works Of Art starting from the birthday of the Poet – February 21, 1907! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 4 sayings of W. H. Auden about Works Of Art. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!

  • A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to express that awe in a rite of worship.

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  • Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.

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  • When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying 'I have no taste of my own but accept the taste of my cultural milieu.

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  • All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

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W. H. Auden

  • Born: February 21, 1907
  • Died: September 29, 1973
  • Occupation: Poet
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