--- title: "11 Life Raw Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Life Raw quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Life Raw sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/imre-kert-sz-20119_books_i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my_2594151.jpg" --- > [I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imre-kert-sz/i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my-novels-that-s-just-the-way-i/) [Imre Kertész](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imre-kert-sz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/imre-kert-sz-20119_books_i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my_2594151.jpg) > [Life is raw material... We are artisans.. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful or debase it into ugliness.. It's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pacifiersucker/life-is-raw-material-we-are-artisans-we-can-sculpt-our-existence-into/) [Pacifiersucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pacifiersucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/pacifiersucker-133_advice_life-is-raw-material-we-are-artisans-we_1265046.jpg) > [In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/in-writing-fiction-i-can-be-free-i-can-use-my-life-the-raw-material/) [Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/miriam-toews-3632_fiction_in-writing-fiction-i-can-be-free-i-can-u_1895587.png) > [Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-durrell/life-the-raw-material-is-only-lived-in-potentia-until-the-artist/) [Lawrence Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/lawrence-durrell-2169_art_life-the-raw-material-is-only-lived-in-p_1157912.jpg) > [When I was training, those were some of the most indelible experiences I've ever had, in my life. It is so raw.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjay-gupta/when-i-was-training-those-were-some-of-the-most-indelible-experiences/) [Sanjay Gupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjay-gupta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/sanjay-gupta-37240_candid_when-i-was-training-those-were-some-of-t_3075757.png) > [My life is raw, authentic, and focused on giving back to the journey God has given me; I want to leave this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yolanda-hadid/my-life-is-raw-authentic-and-focused-on-giving-back-to-the-journey/) [Yolanda Hadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yolanda-hadid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/yolanda-hadid-6321_better-place_my-life-is-raw-authentic-and-focused-on_1863387.jpg) > [“My advice to all young writers is quite simple. I would caution them never to evade a new experience. I would urge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/my-advice-to-all-young-writers-is-quite-simple-i-would-caution-them/) [John Fante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/john-fante-6848_advice_my-advice-to-all-young-writers-is-quite_113446.jpg) > [Sometimes I wanna get high travel up away to the beautiful skies Float away and hope to never come down hope to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kottonmouth-kings/sometimes-i-wanna-get-high-travel-up-away-to-the-beautiful-skies/) [Kottonmouth Kings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kottonmouth-kings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/kottonmouth-kings-23927_life_sometimes-i-wanna-get-high-travel-up-awa_1778040.jpg) > [You must live life in its very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a very nice word for it: pura vida. It doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/you-must-live-life-in-its-very-elementary-forms-the-mexicans-have-a/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/werner-herzog-964_academia_you-must-live-life-in-its-very-elementar_828900.jpg) > [“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/life-raw-life-the-kind-we-lead-every-day-whether-it-leads-us-into-the/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/wright-morris-25032_art_life-raw-life-the-kind-we-lead-every-day_1586383.jpg) > [“Off and on for many years, I tried to write a book about my childhood. I’d bring chapters to workshop, to writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-sellers/off-and-on-for-many-years-i-tried-to-write-a-book-about-my-childhood/) [Heather Sellers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-sellers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/heather-sellers-19870_books_off-and-on-for-many-years-i-tried-to-wri_1038528.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-raw/#itemlist", "name": "Life Raw Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Imre Kertész" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imre-kert-sz/i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my-novels-that-s-just-the-way-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/imre-kert-sz-20119_books_i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my_2594151.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/imre-kert-sz-20119_books_i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my_2594151.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/imre-kert-sz-20119_books_i-look-on-my-life-as-raw-material-for-my_2594151.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any…” — Imre Kertész", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is raw material... 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