The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive. Anais Nin More Quotes by Anais Nin More Quotes From Anais Nin I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. Anais Nin strengthinspirationallove The obstacle became his alibi for weakness. Anais Nin obstaclesweakness I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated Anais Nin submissionmindwant At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and emphatic, "Anaïs - Anaïs - Anaïs. You just say "Anna" and then add "ees," with the accent on the "ees." Anais Nin namesaddtrying Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. Anais Nin inspiringmotivationallife I want to hear raucous music, to see faces, to brush against bodies, to drink fiery Benedictine. Beautiful women and handsome men arouse fierce desires in me. I want to dance. I want drugs. I want to know perverse people, to be intimate with them. I never look at naive faces. I want to bite into life, and to be torn by it. Anais Nin beautifulmenpeople There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don't work. Anais Nin kissinglovetwo I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ Anais Nin foolheartgiving Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. Anais Nin broken-heartsadheartbreak I miss the animal buoyancy of New York, the animal vitality. I did not mind that it had no meaning and no depth. Anais Nin new-yorkmissinganimal The two men who have done the greatest harm to the world are Christ and Columbus. Christ taught us guilt and sacrifice, to live only in the other world, and Columbus discovered America and materialism. Anais Nin other-worldssacrificemen For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself. Anais Nin issuesartistjobs What a mystery this is, desire. The love sickness, the sensitivity, the obsession, the flutter of the heart, the ebb and flow of the blood. There is no drug and no alcohol to equal it. Anais Nin ebb-and-flowheartblood Many couples, many people, are not living with real human beings, but with their ghosts. Who has not followed for years the spell of a particular tone of voice, from voice to voice, as the fetishist follows a beautiful foot, scarcely seeing the woman herself? A voice, a mouth, an eye, all stemming from the original fountain of our first desire, directing it, enslaving us, until we choose to unravel the fatal web and free ourselves. Anais Nin couplerealbeautiful We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself. Anais Nin moonmen Nothing too long imagined can be perfect in a wordly way. Anais Nin imaginationperfectlong Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. Anais Nin true-happinessdoeordinary Life is so fluid that one can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh ... without destroying that moment. Anais Nin alivemomentslife-is The richest source of creation is feeling, followed by a vision of its meaning. Anais Nin creationvisionfeelings Societies in decline have no use for visionaries. Anais Nin declinevisionariesuse
