Henry Miller Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Henry Miller
Henry Miller Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Henry Miller on Wise Famous Quotes.
We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only.
I haven't any allegiance, any responsibilities, any hatreds, any worries, any prejudices, any passion. I'm neither for nor against. I'm a neutral.
Whoever uses the spirit that is
in him creatively is an artist. To
make living itself an art, that is
the goal.
in him creatively is an artist. To
make living itself an art, that is
the goal.
An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.
For there is only one great adventure and that is inward toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor even deeds matter.
The trouble with Irene is that she has a valise instead of a cunt. She wants
fat letters to shove in her valise.
fat letters to shove in her valise.
People used to envy me my inspiration. I hate inspiration. It takes you over completely. I could never wait until it passed and I got rid of it.
Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, in it, through and by it.
Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.
The truly great writer does not want to write. He wants the world to be a place in which he can live the life of the imagination.
Confirmations, corroborations rather than disillusionment. At eighteen I was as much of a philosopher as I ever will be.
This is the greatest damn thing about the universe. That we can know so much, recognize so much, dissect, do everything, and we can't grasp it.
Seeking, knowing, discovering, enjoying- these faculties or powers are pale and lifeless without realization.
The sun is setting fast. The colors die. They shift from purple to dried blood, from nacre to bister, from cool dead grays to pigeon shit.
Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.
It has been that way ever since the Greeks - a blind fuck in the mud and then a quick spawn and then death.
They cut the umbilical cord, give you a slap on the ass, and presto! you're out in the world, adrift, a ship without a rudder.
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Though I've known you a short time, I feel I know you intimately. Not your life but you, your emotions, your dreams, your aspirations.
France may one day exist no more, but the Dordogne will live on just as dreams live on and nourish the souls of men.
What we thrive on is hatred and violence; if we were a peaceable people we would have peace tomorrow.
Think only what is right there, what is right under your nose to do. It's such a simple thing - that's why people can't do it.
When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.
I found that what I had desired all my life was not to live - if what others are doing is called living - but to express myself.
We should not stop to reflect, compare, analyze, possess, but flow on and through, endlessly, like music.
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.
The world around me is dissolving leaving here and there spots of time. The world is a cancer eating itself away.
The only law which is really lived up to whole-heartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity.
There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books
Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.
For the moment I can think of nothing - except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.
I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead.
I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.
The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.
The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.
Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.
The man who is intoxicated with life does not pass judgment, does not seek to come to a conclusion, does not impose his message on the world.
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything godlike about God, it is that. He dared to imagine everything
What is an artist? He's a man who has antennae, who knows how to hook up to the currents which are in atmosphere, in the cosmos.
Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.