'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'
W. H. AudenIt is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
W. H. AudenChoice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
W. H. Auden