The memory of man is as old as misfortune Lawrence Durrell More Quotes by Lawrence Durrell More Quotes From Lawrence Durrell Very few people realise that sex is a psychic and not a physical act. The clumsy coupling of human beings is simply a biological paraphrase of this truth - a primitive method of introducing minds to each other, engaging them. But most people are stuck in the physical aspect, unaware of the poetic rapport which it so clumsily tries to teach. Lawrence Durrell psychicssexpeople To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger. Lawrence Durrell equaldangerreality The national characteristics... the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in a place with which the ordinary tourist can get in touch just by sitting quite quietly over a glass of wine in a Paris bistro. Lawrence Durrell parisglasseswine Life is like a cucumber. One minute it's in your hand, the next it's up you ass. Lawrence Durrell cucumberslife-is-likehands Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory. Lawrence Durrell painmemoriesart Truth is a matter of direct apprehension-you can't climb a ladder of mental concepts to it. Lawrence Durrell ladderstruthmatter The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of formal ceremonies. Lawrence Durrell partydognames The sense of truth no matter how subjective is necessary for the experience of beauty. Lawrence Durrell subjectivematterbeauty Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition. Lawrence Durrell recognitionart A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water. Lawrence Durrell winefoodwater The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you. Lawrence Durrell impactdoeart To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off. Lawrence Durrell writingtryingfall But I love to feel events overlapping each other, crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket Lawrence Durrell crabsbasketsevents A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying. Lawrence Durrell letterslovemen 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 being-alonelonelinessnight The artist's work constitutes the only satisfactory relationship he can have with his fellow men since he seeks his real friends among the dead and the unborn. Lawrence Durrell artistrealmen Brazil is bigger than Europe, wilder than Africa, and weirder than Baffin Land. Lawrence Durrell brazillandeurope Let us define 'man' as a poet perpetually conspiring against himself. Lawrence Durrell conspiringpoetmen They flower spontaneously out of the demands of our natures - and the best of them lead us not only outward in space, but inward as well. Lawrence Durrell inwardspaceflower All culture corrupts, but French culture corrupts absolutely. Lawrence Durrell french-cultureculture
