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

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The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time… love lavished on absolute fools. Loves a charity ward, you know. – Lawrence Durrell

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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. – Edgar Allan Poe, “Eleonora”

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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. – Henry Ward Beecher

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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, its essential to be free. – Manuel Puig

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Ive been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. Its up to you, the only limit is the imagination. – Steve Lacy

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