Quote by Lawrence Durrell
For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential – the imagination. – Lawrence Durrell

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I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time – those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything. – Lawrence Durrell

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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. – Lawrence Durrell

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Imagination is the air of mind. – Philip James Bailey

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The woman who appeals to a mans vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him. – Helen Rowland

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A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations. – Russell Page

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I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back? – Christina Aguilera

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