I wrote 'My Name is Red' just to remember painting, where the hand does it before the intellect. When I'm captive to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
In actuality, we don't look for smiles in pictures of bliss, but rather, for the happiness in life itself. Painters know this,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“ALIF: Painting brings to life what the mind sees, as a feast for the eyes. LAM: What the eye sees in the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Over time, I have come to see the work of literature less as narrating the world than "seeing the world with words."… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“However blissful it is being a soul without a body in the realm of the dead, so too is being a body… — orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“I hear the question upon your lips: What is it to be a colour? Colour is the touch of the eye, music… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Since the arrows of criticism aimed at these legendary masters, who directed the workshops of their day now frequently strike me in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
