When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a wo… - W. H. Auden

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When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying 'I have no taste of my own but accept the taste of my cultural milieu.

W. H. Auden

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Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet known for his vast poetic work in many forms on many themes.

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Alternative Names: Wystan Auden • Wystan H Auden • W. H. Wystan Hugh Auden

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