Art is born of humiliation.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Sources of art Art

Speaker

W.H. Auden

Source

World Within World

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Auden, W. H. Quoted in World Within World, by Stephen Spender. Hamish Hamilton/Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1951.

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Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

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Source
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Language
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

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In a burning building...I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.

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Topic
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Alberto Giacometti
Genre
Biography
Language
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Time
20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lord, James. Giacometti: A Biography. Macmillan, 1997, ch. 44.