--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Arthur Miller" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Arthur Miller. Plus more from Arthur Miller and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/arthur-miller-947_analyse_if-you-analyse-anything-you-destroy-it-1_1504031.png" --- > [If you analyse anything, you destroy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-analyse-anything-you-destroy-it/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/arthur-miller-947_analyse_if-you-analyse-anything-you-destroy-it-1_1504031.png) > [... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-love-your-country-why-is-it-necessary-to-hate-other-countries/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/arthur-miller-947_country_if-you-love-your-country-why-is-it-neces_2657005.png) > [No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/no-one-wants-the-truth-if-it-is-inconvenient/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/arthur-miller-947_honesty_no-one-wants-the-truth-if-it-is-inconven_1408354.png) > [A doctor could make a million dollars if he could figure out a way to bring a boy into the world without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/a-doctor-could-make-a-million-dollars-if-he-could-figure-out-a-way-to/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/arthur-miller-947_boys_a-doctor-could-make-a-million-dollars-if_1418244.png) > [It may be that even if half consciously, we choose our personalities to maintain a certain saving balance in the family's little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/it-may-be-that-even-if-half-consciously-we-choose-our-personalities/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/arthur-miller-947_balance_it-may-be-that-even-if-half-consciously_2853047.png) > [Flight Reservation Systems decide whether or not you exist. If your information isn't in their database, then you simply don't get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/flight-reservation-systems-decide-whether-or-not-you-exist-if-your/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/arthur-miller-947_aviation_flight-reservation-systems-decide-whethe_2955659.png) > [Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/like-every-writer-i-am-asked-where-my-work-originates-and-if-i-knew-i/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/arthur-miller-947_asked_like-every-writer-i-am-asked-where-my-wo_1144787.png) > [A playwright... is... the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/a-playwright-is-the-litmus-paper-of-the-arts-he-s-got-to-be-because/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/arthur-miller-947_actor_a-playwright-is-the-litmus-paper-of-the_218538.jpg) > [Life is an endless, truly endless struggle. There's no time when we're going to arrive at a plateau where the whole thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/life-is-an-endless-truly-endless-struggle-there-s-no-time-when-we-re/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/arthur-miller-947_buddhism_life-is-an-endless-truly-endless-struggl_1282036.jpg) > [One had the right to write because other people needed news of the inner world, and if they went too long without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/one-had-the-right-to-write-because-other-people-needed-news-of-the/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/arthur-miller-947_chaos_one-had-the-right-to-write-because-other_1918844.jpg) > [I'm a fatalist… I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-m-a-fatalist-i-consider-i-am-rejected-in-principle-my-work-is-and/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/arthur-miller-947_accepted_i-m-a-fatalist-i-consider-i-am-rejected_1132731.png) > [A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong--if there is any root to life -because nowadays the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/a-lot-of-my-work-goes-to-the-center-of-where-we-belong-if-there-is/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/arthur-miller-947_broken_a-lot-of-my-work-goes-to-the-center-of-w_2489554.jpg) > [I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-think-the-tragic-feeling-is-invoked-in-us-when-we-are-in-the/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/arthur-miller-947_character_i-think-the-tragic-feeling-is-invoked-in_2408414.png) > [Pathos truly is the mode for the pessimist. But tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/pathos-truly-is-the-mode-for-the-pessimist-but-tragedy-requires-a/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/arthur-miller-947_balance_pathos-truly-is-the-mode-for-the-pessimi_1216266.png) > [My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/my-conception-of-the-audience-is-of-a-public-each-member-of-which-is/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/arthur-miller-947_actor_my-conception-of-the-audience-is-of-a-pu_2478376.jpg) > [I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-m-a-writer-and-everything-i-write-is-both-a-confession-and-a/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/arthur-miller-947_accepting_i-m-a-writer-and-everything-i-write-is-b_1143923.png) > [I came out of a culture in which my uncle, my father - they were all salesmen of one kind or another.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-came-out-of-a-culture-in-which-my-uncle-my-father-they-were-all/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/arthur-miller-947_air_i-came-out-of-a-culture-in-which-my-uncl_2688076.png) > [If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of communication or social responsibility, of the rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-complain-of-people-being-shot-down-in-the-streets-of-the-2/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/arthur-miller-947_abandonment_if-you-complain-of-people-being-shot-dow_2692553.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Arthur Miller > [If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-a-person-measures-his-spiritual-fulfillment-in-terms-of-cosmic/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“If you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive your parents for the crime of bringing you into the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-can-fall-in-love-again-and-again-if-you-can-forgive-your/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-wedding-of-christianity-or-judaism-with-nationalism-is-lethal/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“I know what's wrong with me - I could never stand still for death! Which you've got to do by a certain age, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-know-what-s-wrong-with-me-i-could-never-stand-still-for-death-which/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/you-cannot-catch-a-child-s-spirit-by-running-after-it-you-must-stand/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [ “(Looking at the letter in his hand) Then what is this if it isn’t telling me? Sure, \[Larry\] was my son. But I think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/looking-at-the-letter-in-his-hand-then-what-is-this-if-it-isn-t/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-two-greatest-plays-ever-written-were-hamlet-and-oedipus-rex-and/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/a-character-is-defined-by-the-kinds-of-challenges-he-cannot-walk-away/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/everybody-likes-a-kidder-but-nobody-lends-him-money/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The American Dream is the largely unacknowledged screen in front of which all American writing plays itself out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-american-dream-is-the-largely-unacknowledged-screen-in-front-of/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“When it is recalled that until the Christian era the underworld was never regardded as a hostile area, that all gods were useful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/when-it-is-recalled-that-until-the-christian-era-the-underworld-was/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“Elizabeth, with great fear: I will fear nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/elizabeth-with-great-fear-i-will-fear-nothing/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-know-you-re-no-worse-than-most-men-but-i-thought-you-were-better-i/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/the-best-of-our-theater-is-standing-on-tiptoe-striving-to-see-over/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [“I only ask you one thing- don't trust nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/i-only-ask-you-one-thing-don-t-trust-nobody/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/arthur-miller/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Arthur Miller", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you analyse anything, you destroy it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-analyse-anything-you-destroy-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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