W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden Quotes and Sayings


W. H. Auden US (English-born) critic & poet (1907 - 1973)

No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. ~W. H. Auden

To save your world you asked this man to die; Would this man, could he see you now, ask why? ~W. H. Auden

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. ~W. H. Auden