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Lawrence Durrell Quotes

Lawrence Durrell quotes

British Writer January 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990

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Lawrence Durrell quote: "The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art..."
The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you... Lawrence Durrell
The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said, "Your stay with us is so brief, let us not be reminded of the flight of the hours. God made eternity. Let us escape from the despotism of time altogether." These ancient and hereditary politenesses filled Nessim with emotion. Lawrence Durrell
Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous..."
I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural. Lawrence Durrell
These are the moments which are not calculable, and cannot be assessed in words; they live on in the solution of memory, like wonderful creatures, unique of their own kind, dredged up from the floors of some unexplored ocean. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection."
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. Lawrence Durrell
I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw..."
How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Music was invented to confirm human loneliness."
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. Lawrence Durrell
Very few people realise that sex is a psychic and not a physical act. The clumsy coupling of human beings is simply a biological paraphrase of this truth - a primitive method of introducing minds to each other, engaging them. But most people are stuck in the physical aspect, unaware of the poetic rapport which it so clumsily tries to teach. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your..."
The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "He thought and suffered a good deal but he lacked the..."
He thought and suffered a good deal but he lacked the resolution to dare--the first requisite of a practitioner. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "What are stars but points in the body of God where we insert..."
What are stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing? Lawrence Durrell
... after all the work of the philosophers on his soul and the doctors on his body, what can we really say we know about a man? That he is, when all is said and done, just a passage for liquids and solids, a pipe of flesh. Lawrence Durrell
I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced. Lawrence Durrell

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