A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is unbecoming in an artist to talk about inspiration; that is the reader's business.


"A Poet of the Actual", p. 265 - Forewords and Afterwords (1973)

W. H. Auden Quotes

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is...

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is...

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is...

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is...