The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.

Quote by Henry Miller

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One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not...

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not...

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

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...

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I...

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in...

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. Whatever there be of progress in...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at...

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

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

We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.

The world is the mirror of myself dying.

The world is the mirror of myself dying.

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters...

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.

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were...

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were...

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously,...

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline...

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

Let all the learned say what they can, 'tis ready money makes the man

Let all the learned say what they can, 'tis ready money makes the man

We have the money to do this now and do it right.

We have the money to do this now and do it right.