You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.

Quote by DH Lawrence

Topics: Idealism Quotes, Work Quotes

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

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

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

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...

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

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art,...

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

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,...

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...

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

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...

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books