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Lawrence Durrell Quotes

Lawrence Durrell quotes about reality

British Writer January 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990

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Any concentration of the will displaces life and gives it bias in motion. Reality, he believed, was always trying to copy the imagination of man, from which it derived. Lawrence Durrell
We live" writes Pursewarden somewhere, "lives based upon selected fictions. Our view of reality is conditioned by our position in space and time - not by our personalities as we like to think. Thus every interpretation of reality is based upon a unique position. Two paces east or west and the whole picture is changed. 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
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
Lawrence Durrell quote: "To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it..."
To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we..."
We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we miss its point. Lawrence Durrell

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