But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

Topics: Death Quotes

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed...

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed...

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life...

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...