Quotes: W.H. Auden

"To ask the hard question is simple."

–– W.H. Auden (1907-1973), British-born American poet 

Quotes: W.H. Auden

"When a successful author analyzes the reasons for his success, he generally underestimates the talent he was born with, and overestimates his skill in employing it."

–– W.H. Auden (1907-1973), British-born American poet 

Source: Adam Moss. The Work of Art: How Something Comes From Nothing. New York: Penguin Press, 2024; p. 15.

via 2020 Aboveground Art Supplies Knapsack Sketchbook, 2024 p. 48.

Quotes: W.H. Auden

"Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition."

–– W.H. Auden (1907-1973), British-born American poet 

via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2019 g, 2019, p. 14. 

Quotes: W.H. Auden

"To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention ... on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem ... or the True God ... that he completely forgets his own ego and desires, he is praying." 

–– W.H. Auden (1907-1973), British-born American poet 

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