Quotes by Auden, W. H.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. >>

Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor p >>

Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beau >>

Quotations about Theater

I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give >>

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debas >>

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to a >>

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really is my enemy, that I am free to marry a woman when in fact she is my mother, that this person is a chambermaid when it is a young nobleman in disguise, that this well-dressed young man is rich when he is really a penniless adventurer, or that if I do this such and such a result will follow when in fact it results in something very different. All good drama has two movements, first the making of the mistake, then the discovery that it was a mistake.

Auden, W. H.