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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The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

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...

There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast...

There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

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.

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

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

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

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...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

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...

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.