Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Change, Enlightenment, Perspective, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
One should go easy on smashing other people’s lies. Better to concentrate on one’s own. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Humility, Integrity, Self-improvement, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Expression, Love, Unhappiness, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating! Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Arrogance, Criticism, Ignorance, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ All our failures are ultimately failures in love. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Failure, Love, Relationships, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Existence, Preference, Sleep, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
All art is the struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Art, Struggle, Virtue, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love. Author, August 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Jealousy, Self-love, 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
