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
   
W. H. Auden   Name:
W. H. Auden
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
English
Birth:
February 21, 1907
Death:
September 29, 1973
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