An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument. Henry Miller More Quotes by Henry Miller More Quotes From Henry Miller If one believes, then miracles occur. Henry Miller arches miracle believe All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet. Henry Miller toilets done reading Topographically the country is magnificent - and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak. Henry Miller divorce men country The best stories I have heard were pointless, the best books those whose plot I can never remember, the best individuals those whom I never get anywhere with. Though it has been practised on me time and again I never cease to marvel how it happens that with certain individuals whom I know, within a few minutes after greeting them we are embarked on an endless voyage comparable in feeling and trajectory only to the deep middle dream which the practised dreamer slips into like a bone slips into its sockets Henry Miller dream feelings book Keep your exclamation points under control! Henry Miller exclamation exclamation-points emotion No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes. Henry Miller window-panes innovation heart If I were reading a book and happened to strike a wonderful passage I would close the book then and there and go for a walk. I hated the thought of coming to the end of a good book. I would tease it along, delay the inevitable as long as possible, But always, when I hit a great passage, I would stop reading immediately. Out I would go, rain, hail, snow or ice, and chew the cud. Henry Miller reading rain book The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way. Henry Miller democracy blind way I am positively against all this crap which is carried on first in the name of this thing, then in the name of that. I believe only in what is active, immediate, and personal. Henry Miller names believe firsts People used to envy me my inspiration. I hate inspiration. It takes you over completely. I could never wait until it passed and I got rid of it. Henry Miller envy hate inspiration Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action Henry Miller direct-action humor funny The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. Henry Miller progress different evil The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them. Henry Miller humanity forever men The Englishman, be it noted, seldom resorts to violence; when he is sufficiently goaded he simply opens up, like the oyster, and devours his adversary. Henry Miller resorts oysters violence The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. Henry Miller keys wise order You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer. Henry Miller millions voice writing In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. Henry Miller creation-of-man actors men I am of the order whose purpose is not to teach the world a lesson but to explain that school is over. Henry Miller purpose order school If you are well off and can afford to spend ten or twenty-five dollars a day to hire some patient soul to listen to your troubles you can be readjusted to the crazy scheme of things and spare yourself the humiliation of becoming a Christian Scientist. You can have your ego trimmed or removed, as you wish, just like a wart or bunion. Henry Miller crazy christian war Why change the world? Change worlds! Henry Miller philosophy history art
