T S Eliot Quotes

Biography: T. S. Eliot is known for his influential poetry and plays, particularl... more Biography: T. S. Eliot is known for his influential poetry and plays, particularly "The Waste Land" and "Four Quartets." Born in 1888 in Missouri, he became a naturalized British citizen. His work often explores themes of modernism, spirituality, and disillusionment. Eliot's contributions also include critical essays and his role in literary criticism. less

"We die to each other daily What we know of other people""The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice""You are the music while the music lasts""Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion""The historical sense involves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence""To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing, that is enough for one man's life""Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity""The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink""Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important""Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future and time future contained in time past""Do I dare disturb the universe""In my beginning is my end""The greatest proof of moral cowardice is the fear of appearance of moral cowardice""I have measured out my life with coffee spoons""Between the idea and the reality between the motion and the act falls the Shadow""Where is the Life we have lost in living Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge Where is the knowledge we have lost in information""Success is relative it is what we can make of the mess we have made of things""For us there is only the trying the rest is not our business""Immature poets imitate mature poets steal""Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood"

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