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Henry Miller Quotes

Henry Miller quotes

American Author, Writer, Painter December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980

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The task of genius is to keep the miracle alive, to live always in the miracle, to make the miracle more and more miraculous, to swear allegiance to nothing, but live only miraculously, think only miraculously, die miraculously. Henry Miller
Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to..."
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. Henry Miller
I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit..."
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "I used to think a bird couldn't fly if its wings got wet."
I used to think a bird couldn't fly if its wings got wet. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would..."
I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the..."
It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American way of looking at things. Henry Miller
To be silent the whole day long, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip, be thoroughly and completely lazy, thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a man can give himself. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the..."
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. Henry Miller
Everything was for tomorrow, but tomorrow never came. The present was only a bridge and on this bridge they are still groaning, as the world groans, and not one idiot ever thinks of blowing up the bridge. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a..."
I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained..."
Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "My one thought is to get out of New York, to experience..."
My one thought is to get out of New York, to experience something genuinely American. Henry Miller
Henry Miller quote: "Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of..."
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Henry Miller

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