Quotes by Iris Murdoch

Explore a curated collection of 33 quotes by Iris Murdoch. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. — Iris Murdoch
Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or becaus — Iris Murdoch
There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present. — Iris Murdoch
Dora was stunned by this information. She stopped. 'Do you mean' she said, 'that they're completely imprisoned in there? — Iris Murdoch
Every persisting marriage is based on fear', said Peregrine. 'Fear is fundamental, you dig down in human nature and what — Iris Murdoch
I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the — Iris Murdoch
Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling. — Iris Murdoch
The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to pi — Iris Murdoch
It was extremely difficult to keep up any pace over the rocks since they were so unpredictable and devoid of reason. The — Iris Murdoch
there was a feeling as if I carried a small leaden coffin in the place of my heart — Iris Murdoch
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. — Iris Murdoch
Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved — Iris Murdoch
He felt, in a way so familiar as to be almost dreary, the chosen victim of the gods, the self-admitted traitor, the one — Iris Murdoch
The past and present are after all so close, almost one, as if time were an artificial teasing out of a material which l — Iris Murdoch
Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as — Iris Murdoch
If even a dog's tooth is truly worshipped it glows with light. The venerated object is endowed with power, that is the s — Iris Murdoch
We can only learn to love by loving. — Iris Murdoch
Sartre turns love into a ‘battle between two hypnotists in a closed room’. — Iris Murdoch
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. — Iris Murdoch
The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait. — Iris Murdoch