Henry Miller quotes - page 2

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement. (Henry Miller)
The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. View quote
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The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them. View quote
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Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself. View quote
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We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate. View quote
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[T]he blind lead the blind, it's the democratic way. View quote
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If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. View quote
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Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. View quote
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Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing. View quote
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Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. View quote
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An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. (Henry Miller)
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. View quote
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Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane. View quote
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Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery. View quote
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The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon. View quote
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One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one. View quote
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There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy. View quote
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True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. View quote
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Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk. View quote
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A world without hope, but no despair. View quote
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When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. (Henry Miller)
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur. View quote
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A man writes to throw off the poison which he has accumulated because of his false way of life. He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment. No man would set a word down on paper if he had the courage to live out what he believed in. View quote
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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. View quote
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Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race. View quote
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