I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.

Quote by DH Lawrence

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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life.

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life.

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

God is only a great imaginative experience.

God is only a great imaginative experience.

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being...

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

My life is my message.

My life is my message.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit...

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit...