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Henry Miller 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. We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Henry Miller quotes: Whoever uses the spirit that isin him creatively is an artist. Tomake living itself an art, that isthe goal. Whoever uses the spirit that is
in him creatively is an artist. To
make living itself an art, that is
the goal.
Henry Miller quotes: Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant
Henry Miller quotes: Either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird. Either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.
Henry Miller quotes: An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument. An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.
Henry Miller quotes: For there is only one great adventure and that is inward toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor even deeds matter. For there is only one great adventure and that is inward toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor even deeds matter.
Henry Miller quotes: The trouble with Irene is that she has a valise instead of a cunt. She wantsfat letters to shove in her valise. The trouble with Irene is that she has a valise instead of a cunt. She wants
fat letters to shove in her valise.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Understanding is not a piercing of the mystery, but an acceptance of it, a living blissfully with it, in it, through and by 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.
Henry Miller quotes: The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it. The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.
Henry Miller quotes: It was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say 'amen.' It was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say 'amen.'
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race. Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.
Henry Miller quotes: I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
Henry Miller quotes: It's the pleasure of picking up the brush and seeing what happens. It's the pleasure of picking up the brush and seeing what happens.
Henry Miller quotes: I believe in saying the truth, coming out with it cold, shocking if necessary, not disguising it. I believe in saying the truth, coming out with it cold, shocking if necessary, not disguising it.
Henry Miller quotes: The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment. The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.
Henry Miller quotes: Life's wildest momentshe kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies. Life's wildest moment
she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.
Henry Miller quotes: History is the myth, the true myth, of man's fall made manifest in time. History is the myth, the true myth, of man's fall made manifest in time.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Confirmations, corroborations rather than disillusionment. At eighteen I was as much of a philosopher as I ever will be. Confirmations, corroborations rather than disillusionment. At eighteen I was as much of a philosopher as I ever will be.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Seeking, knowing, discovering, enjoying- these faculties or powers are pale and lifeless without realization. Seeking, knowing, discovering, enjoying- these faculties or powers are pale and lifeless without realization.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.
Henry Miller quotes: We create our fate everyday We create our fate everyday
Henry Miller quotes: It has been that way ever since the Greeks - a blind fuck in the mud and then a quick spawn and then death. It has been that way ever since the Greeks - a blind fuck in the mud and then a quick spawn and then death.
Henry Miller quotes: Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way. Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.
Henry Miller quotes: Life becomes a spectacle and, if you happen to be an artist, you record the passing show. Life becomes a spectacle and, if you happen to be an artist, you record the passing show.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Henry Miller quotes: I will sing while you croak. I will sing while you croak.
Henry Miller quotes: Everything remains unsettled forever, depend on it Everything remains unsettled forever, depend on it
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: France may one day exist no more, but the Dordogne will live on just as dreams live on and nourish the souls of men. France may one day exist no more, but the Dordogne will live on just as dreams live on and nourish the souls of men.
Henry Miller quotes: Don't look away. Look straight at everything. Look it all in the eye, good and bad. Don't look away. Look straight at everything. Look it all in the eye, good and bad.
Henry Miller quotes: What we thrive on is hatred and violence; if we were a peaceable people we would have peace tomorrow. What we thrive on is hatred and violence; if we were a peaceable people we would have peace tomorrow.
Henry Miller quotes: You start with the sublime and end up in an alley jerking away for dear life. You start with the sublime and end up in an alley jerking away for dear life.
Henry Miller quotes: There is nothing in itself which is wrong or evil not even murder. There is nothing in itself which is wrong or evil not even murder.
Henry Miller quotes: i like everything that flows i like everything that flows
Henry Miller quotes: The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks. The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.
Henry Miller quotes: A world without hope, but no despair A world without hope, but no despair
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: We should not stop to reflect, compare, analyze, possess, but flow on and through, endlessly, like music. We should not stop to reflect, compare, analyze, possess, but flow on and through, endlessly, like music.
Henry Miller quotes: Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: If the poet can no longer speak for society, but only for himself, then we are at the last ditch. If the poet can no longer speak for society, but only for himself, then we are at the last ditch.
Henry Miller quotes: It was just the human fatality of things, a cancer worse than blame, or hate or love. It was just the human fatality of things, a cancer worse than blame, or hate or love.
Henry Miller quotes: If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Henry Miller quotes: All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.
Henry Miller quotes: There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy
Henry Miller quotes: Everybody says sex is obscene. The only true obscenity is war. Everybody says sex is obscene. The only true obscenity is war.
Henry Miller quotes: I soon found out you can't change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it. I soon found out you can't change the world. The best you can do is to learn to live with it.
Henry Miller quotes: The world around me is dissolving leaving here and there spots of time. The world is a cancer eating itself away. The world around me is dissolving leaving here and there spots of time. The world is a cancer eating itself away.
Henry Miller quotes: The only law which is really lived up to whole-heartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity. The only law which is really lived up to whole-heartedly and with a vengeance is the law of conformity.
Henry Miller quotes: There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books
Henry Miller quotes: Imagination is the voice of the daring. Imagination is the voice of the daring.
Henry Miller quotes: No, we are never alone. But one has to live apart to know it for the truth. No, we are never alone. But one has to live apart to know it for the truth.
Henry Miller quotes: As long as that spark of passion is missing there is no human significance in the performance. As long as that spark of passion is missing there is no human significance in the performance.
Henry Miller quotes: All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet. All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet.
Henry Miller quotes: If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without. If we have not found heaven within, it is a certainty we will not find it without.
Henry Miller quotes: We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown. We are swimming on the face of time and all else has drowned, is drowning, or will drown.
Henry Miller quotes: Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it. Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it.
Henry Miller quotes: Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos. Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos.
Henry Miller quotes: I read to be taken out of myself, to become ecstatic. I read to be taken out of myself, to become ecstatic.
Henry Miller quotes: How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician. How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician.
Henry Miller quotes: I like the one about the little soulworms that fly out of the nest for the resurrection. I like the one about the little soulworms that fly out of the nest for the resurrection.
Henry Miller quotes: The purpose of life is to remember. The purpose of life is to remember.
Henry Miller quotes: Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Henry Miller quotes: Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action
Henry Miller quotes: When you travel often, you will be addicted to it forever. When you travel often, you will be addicted to it forever.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: 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 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Suffering is futile, my intelligence told me over and over, but I went on suffering voluntarily. Suffering is futile, my intelligence told me over and over, but I went on suffering voluntarily.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Next to love friendship, in my opinion, is the most valuable thing life has to offer. Next to love friendship, in my opinion, is the most valuable thing life has to offer.
Henry Miller quotes: He falls on her lap and lies there quivering like a toothache He falls on her lap and lies there quivering like a toothache
Henry Miller quotes: I used to think a bird couldn't fly if its wings got wet. I used to think a bird couldn't fly if its wings got wet.
Henry Miller quotes: 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 real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.
Henry Miller quotes: Words are loneliness. Words are loneliness.
Henry Miller quotes: The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.
Henry Miller quotes: Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it. Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: He saw that it wasn't just a circus, but an arena, just like everywhere. He saw that it wasn't just a circus, but an arena, just like everywhere.
Henry Miller quotes: The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
Henry Miller quotes: Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything godlike about God, it is that. He dared to imagine everything Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything godlike about God, it is that. He dared to imagine everything
Henry Miller quotes: The whole world seemed to unroll like a pornographic film whose tragic theme is impotence. The whole world seemed to unroll like a pornographic film whose tragic theme is impotence.
Henry Miller quotes: 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. 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.
Henry Miller quotes: Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT. Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT.
Henry Miller quotes: Can you stop dead, and without thinking, radiate the truth which you know? Can you stop dead, and without thinking, radiate the truth which you know?
Henry Miller quotes: He wakes up utterly bored and discomfited, chagrined to think that he did not die overnight. He wakes up utterly bored and discomfited, chagrined to think that he did not die overnight.
Henry Miller quotes: What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs. What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
Henry Miller quotes: All I ask of life, he says, is a bunch of books, a bunch of dreams, and a bunch of cunt. All I ask of life, he says, is a bunch of books, a bunch of dreams, and a bunch of cunt.
Henry Miller quotes: I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing. I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.
Henry Miller quotes: True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry Miller quotes: the world is the mirror of myself dying. the world is the mirror of myself dying.

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