Quote by: T. S. Eliot

The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.


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Author Bio


  • NameT. S. Eliot
  • Description20th century English author
  • AliasesThomas Stearns Eliot
  • BornSeptember 26, 1888
  • DiedJanuary 4, 1965
  • CountryUnited Kingdom; United States Of America
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Poet; Essayist; Literary Critic; Social Critic; Short Story Writer; University Professor; Writer
  • WorksThe Waste Land; Four Quartets
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Order Of Merit For Arts And Science