The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. And as soon as you see a finer morality, the grosser becomes relatively immoral.

Quote by DH Lawrence

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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

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...

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...

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...

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

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

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

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...

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...

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

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

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

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

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

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

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 only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle....

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle....

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry...

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry...

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without...