What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Commitment, Comparison, Luck, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
In philosophy if you aren’t moving at a snail’s pace you aren’t moving at all. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Pace, Philosophy, Progress, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Involuntary, Jealousy, Sin, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
The notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Illusion, Liberation, Youthfulness, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ To be a complete victim may be another source of power. Author, September 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Identity, Power, Victimhood, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Music relates sound and time and so pictures the ultimate edges of human commmunications. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Communication, Sound, Time, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Criticism, Importance, Perspective, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Food is a profound subject and one, incidentally, about which no writer lies. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Food, Truth, Writing, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Poets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
