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“ ”There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love.
About W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet known for his vast poetic work in many forms on many themes.
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Additional quotes by W. H. Auden
The identification of fantasy is always an attempt to avoid one's own suffering: the identification of art is the sharing in the suffering of another.
Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.