What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
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
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
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
being homosexual doesn’t determine a man’s whole character any more than being heterosexual does. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Equality, Identity, Sexuality, 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
+ Marriage isn’t a tram. It doesn’t have to get anywhere. Author, October 14, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Commitment, Love, Perspective, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
… a less than perfect meddling in the spiritual world can breed monsters for other people. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Consequences, Ethics, Supernatural, 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
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
