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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Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

I would have loved it - without the French

I would have loved it - without the French

Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in which a man and a woman...

Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in which a man and a woman...

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

People always make war when they say they love peace

People always make war when they say they love peace

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in...

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in...

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

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...