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T. S. Eliot Quotes


An American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic, arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century.
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic, arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. The poem that made his name, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock—started in 1910 and published in Chicago in 1915—is regarded as a masterpiece of the modernist movement. He followed this with what have become some of the best-known poems in the English language, including Gerontion (1920), The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1945). He is also known for his seven plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.

Here are some famous quotes by  T. S. Eliot.

Poetry is a mug's game.

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In my beginning is my end.

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You are the music while the music lasts.

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Human kind cannot bear very much reality.

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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

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I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

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Business today consists in persuading crowds.

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There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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All cases are unique and very similar to others.

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Philosophy - the purple bullfinch in the lilac tree.

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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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Some editors are failed writers but so are most writers.

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One starts an action simply because one must do something.