As biological organisms made of matter, we are subject to the laws of physics and biology: as conscious persons who create our own history we are free to decide what that history shall be. Without science, we should have no notion of equality; without art, no notion of liberty.
W. H. AudenHarrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart.
W. H. AudenSome writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
W. H. Auden