What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom Author, July 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Cure, Freedom, Imprisonment, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ My heart was beating like an army on the march. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Excitement, Fear, Intensity, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
There is no triumph of good, and if there were it would not be a triumph of good. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Goodness, Paradox, Triumph, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Dogs are very different from cats in that they can be images of human virtue. They are like us. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Companionship, Similarity, Virtue, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Emotions, Literature, Technique, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Man’s creative struggle, his search for wisdom and truth, is a love story. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Love, Struggle, Wisdom, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Awareness, Pessimism, Preparation, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
They are universal places, like churches, hallowed meeting places of all mankind. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Globalism, Sacredness, Unity, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
