And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. T. S. Eliot bookdistractdodge Change image and share on social
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. T. S. Eliot anxietycreativityhand Change image and share on social
Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative. T. S. Eliot narrownastynegative Change image and share on social
The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours. T. S. Eliot devourspringtiger Change image and share on social
As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing. T. S. Eliot careerfeelfundamentally share on social
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. T. S. Eliot deedgreatreason Change image and share on social
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. T. S. Eliot begincallend Change image and share on social
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. T. S. Eliot coffeelifemeasure Change image and share on social
I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. T. S. Eliot anglocatholicclassicist Change image and share on social
The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all. T. S. Eliot actualbusinessemotion Change image and share on social
