Quotes by Lawrence Durrell, Justine

Explore a curated collection of 9 quotes by Lawrence Durrell, Justine. 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.

I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural. — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underly — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
Underneath an artist's preoccupations with sex, society, religion, etc. (all the staple abstractions that allow the fore — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of re — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off. — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
I have done so many things in my life," she said to the mirror. "Evil things, perhaps. But never unattentively, never wa — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? — Lawrence Durrell, Justine
It is hard to fight with one's heart's desires; whatever it wishes to get, it purchases at the cost of the soul. — Lawrence Durrell, Justine