A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.


In Solitude, for Company: W.H. Auden After 1940, Unpublished Prose and Recent Criticism (ed. Oxford University Press on Demand, 1995) - ISBN: 9780198182948

W. H. Auden Quotes

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.

A poet must never make a statement simply because it is sounds poetically exciting; he must also believe it to be true.