31 quotes by W. H. Auden

“Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.” — W. H. Auden

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“Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.” — W. H. Auden

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“When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.” — W. H. Auden

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“A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.” — W. H. Auden

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“Now is the age of anxiety.” — W. H. Auden

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“Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.” — W. H. Auden

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