As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be,...

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, waste, value, games, career, poets, nothing, things, time, life

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.

Thomas Stearns Eliot
Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, waste, value, games, career, poets, nothing, things, time, life.
Thomas Stearns Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot 1888 - 1965, english poet, dramatist and literary critic

Also called: T. S. Eliot.
Was born on: 26 sep 1888.
Died on 04 jan 1965, at 76 years old.
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