What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Words are the most subtle symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ All our failures are ultimately failures in love. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Failure, Love, Relationships, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Belief, Sanctity, Worship, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ The most interesting things are always happening behind one. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Discovery, Intrigue, Mystery, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don’t expect. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Direction, Surprises, 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
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
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Comfort, Relationship, Value, 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
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. Jean-Jacques Annaud Director · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
