Logo
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

Other quotes by Lawrence Durrell

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

Category:
Time
Author
Lawrence Durrell
Read Quote

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

Category:
Men
Author
Lawrence Durrell
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Imagination
category

The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized. – Mary Richards

Category:
Imagination

My life has been a gift up to this point, and Ive been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where Im going. – Sean Hannity

Category:
Imagination

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world. – Ashley Judd

Category:
Imagination

People know that theyre going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form its in. Its dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination – its not straight forward. – Matthew Bourne

Category:
Imagination

Random Quotes

As both a local resident and a parent with a CF-afflicted child, Im thankful for companies like Canon, Chase and Outback who believe that giving back to the community is critical to their role as corporate citizens. – Boomer Esiason

Category:
thankful

My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room. – Sherman Alexie

Category:
Home

Environmentalists have long been fond of saying that the sun is the only safe nuclear reactor, situated as it is some ninety-three million miles away. – Stephanie Mills, ed., In Praise of Nature, 1990

Category:
Environment

The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began. – Phillip E. Johnson

Category:
Science