813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

It takes so many years to learn that one is dead.

Shall I part my hair behind Do I dare to eat a peach I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts.

We can say of Shakespeare, that never has a man turned so little knowledge to such great account.

And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.

No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality.

That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all.

In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession.

In a mind charged with an eager purpose and an unfinished vindictiveness, there is no room for new feelings.