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W. H. Auden
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Engrave this Quote The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
-W. H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand, 1962 Tell a Friend


 


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