All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

Quote by Henry Miller

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It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything...

It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything...

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

Civilization is drugs, alcohol, engines of war, prostitution, machines and machine slaves, low wages, bad...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is...

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not...

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not...

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not...

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not...

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we...

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer,...

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer,...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

Actors die so loud.

Actors die so loud.

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor...

We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor....

We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor....

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician,...