His long struggle with physical passion was almost over, and, as with many other great sensualists, its place had been taken by an obsession with death. (Kenneth Clark)

His long struggle with physical passion was almost over, and, as with many other great sensualists, its place had been taken by an obsession with death.

Kenneth Clark

Related topics

almost death great obsession passion physical place struggle take

Related quotes

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself. View quote
Martin Heidegger
The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. View quote
William O. Douglas
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. View quote
W. H. Auden
The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. View quote
Germaine Greer
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. View quote
George Eliot