--- title: "1 Greatest Experience Quotes By D.H. Lawrence" description: "1 Greatest Experience quotes by D.H. Lawrence. Plus more from D.H. Lawrence and more Greatest Experience sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/d-h-lawrence-2-1397_buddhism_i-think-new-mexico-was-the-greatest-expe_1575755.jpg" --- > [“I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had. It certainly changed me for ever. Curious as it may sound, it was New Mexico that liberated me from the present era of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/i-think-new-mexico-was-the-greatest-experience-from-the-outside-world-2/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/d-h-lawrence-2-1397_buddhism_i-think-new-mexico-was-the-greatest-expe_1575755.jpg) ## More by D.H. Lawrence > [“It all had to be squeezed and squeezed again, to provide a thrill, to provide enjoyment. What did people mean, with their simply determined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/it-all-had-to-be-squeezed-and-squeezed-again-to-provide-a-thrill-to/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“I WANT her though, to take the same from me. She touches me as if I were herself, her own. She has not realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/i-want-her-though-to-take-the-same-from-me-she-touches-me-as-if-i/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“His body was urgent against her, and she didn't have the heart anymore to fight...She saw his eyes, tense and brilliant, fierce, not loving.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/his-body-was-urgent-against-her-and-she-didn-t-have-the-heart-anymore/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“It is not who begets us, that matters, but where fate places us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/it-is-not-who-begets-us-that-matters-but-where-fate-places-us/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“If only you could tell them that living and spending isn't the same thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/if-only-you-could-tell-them-that-living-and-spending-isn-t-the-same/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“Ce vreau eu sa stiu - ce ma nedumereste pe mine - este cum pot oamenii care traiesc in aceeasi tara, care vorbesc aceeasi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/ce-vreau-eu-sa-stiu-ce-ma-nedumereste-pe-mine-este-cum-pot-oamenii/) [D.h. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“Me? Oh, intellectually I believe in having a good heart, a chirpy penis, a lively intelligence, and the courage to say ‘shit!’ in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/me-oh-intellectually-i-believe-in-having-a-good-heart-a-chirpy-penis/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“Couldn't one go right away, to the far ends of the earth, and be free from it all? One could not. The far ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/couldn-t-one-go-right-away-to-the-far-ends-of-the-earth-and-be-free/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“Is there not the massive brilliant, out-flinging recklessness in the male soul, summed up in the sudden word: Andiamo! Andiamo! Let us go on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/is-there-not-the-massive-brilliant-out-flinging-recklessness-in-the/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“He had no particular character, having always depended on his position in society to give him position among men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/he-had-no-particular-character-having-always-depended-on-his-position/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“she would be free of mundane care, she was a pure will towards right. She had sold herself, but she had a new freedom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/she-would-be-free-of-mundane-care-she-was-a-pure-will-towards-right/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“Man is a mistake. He must go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/man-is-a-mistake-he-must-go/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“Art has two great functions. First, it provides an emotional experience. And then, if we have the courage of our own feelings, it becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/art-has-two-great-functions-first-it-provides-an-emotional-experience/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“A new degree of anger came over him. What did it all matter? What did it matter if the mother talked Polish and cried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/a-new-degree-of-anger-came-over-him-what-did-it-all-matter-what-did/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) > [“But I will have it. I will love — it is my birthright. I will love the man I marry — that is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/but-i-will-have-it-i-will-love-it-is-my-birthright-i-will-love-the/) [D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-experience/d-h-lawrence-2/#itemlist", "name": "1 Greatest Experience Quotes By D.H. Lawrence", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had. It certainly changed me for ever. Curious as it may sound, it was New Mexico that liberated me from the present era of civilization, the great era of material and mechanical development. Months spent in holy Kandy, in Ceylon, the holy of holies of southern Buddhism, had not touched the great psyche of materialism and idealism which dominated me. 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