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 cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God...

I cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

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...

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

I would have loved it - without the French

I would have loved it - without the French

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...

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...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

For what is the beloved? She is that which I myself am not. In the...

For what is the beloved? She is that which I myself am not. In the...

Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

Tell me your profession, and I will anticipate your beliefs.

Tell me your profession, and I will anticipate your beliefs.