--- title: "24 Want Quotes By Anais Nin" description: "24 Want quotes by Anais Nin. Plus more from Anais Nin and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/anais-nin-288_america_america-hates-the-artist-it-will-not-adm_127165.png" --- > [America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/america-hates-the-artist-it-will-not-admit-the-artist-is-my-soul-and/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/anais-nin-288_america_america-hates-the-artist-it-will-not-adm_127165.png) > [I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-do-not-want-to-be-the-leader-i-refuse-to-be-the-leader-i-want-to-2/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/anais-nin-288_leader_i-do-not-want-to-be-the-leader-i-refuse_2035078.png) > [I want to do things so wild with you that I don't know how to say them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-do-things-so-wild-with-you-that-i-don-t-know-how-to-say-them/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/anais-nin-288_inspirational_i-want-to-do-things-so-wild-with-you-tha_975359.png) > [The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-period-without-the-diary-remains-an-ordeal-every-evening-i-want/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/anais-nin-288_diaries_the-period-without-the-diary-remains-an_276913.png) > [I want to make my own discoveries…….penetrate the evil which attracts me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-make-my-own-discoveries-penetrate-the-evil-which-attracts-me/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/anais-nin-288_discoveries_i-want-to-make-my-own-discoveries-penetr_793785.png) > [I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-live-darkly-and-richly-in-my-femaleness/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/anais-nin-288_empowering-women_i-want-to-live-darkly-and-richly-in-my-f_2254858.png) > [I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-don-t-mind-working-holding-my-ground-intellectually-artistically/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/anais-nin-288_dominated_i-don-t-mind-working-holding-my-ground-i_28931.png) > [I want to fall in love in such a way that the mere sight of a man, even a block away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-fall-in-love-in-such-a-way-that-the-mere-sight-of-a-man/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/anais-nin-288_block_i-want-to-fall-in-love-in-such-a-way-tha_902285.png) > [I can’t let you go now. I want to go places with you; obscure little places, just to be able to say:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-can-t-let-you-go-now-i-want-to-go-places-with-you-obscure-little/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/anais-nin-288_able_i-can-t-let-you-go-now-i-want-to-go-plac_2151505.png) > [I often see how you sob over what you destroy, how you want to stop and just worship; and you do stop,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-often-see-how-you-sob-over-what-you-destroy-how-you-want-to-stop/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/anais-nin-288_destruction_i-often-see-how-you-sob-over-what-you-de_813569.png) > [I want to be a writer who reminds others that these moments exist; I want to prove that there is infinite space,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-be-a-writer-who-reminds-others-that-these-moments-exist-i/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/anais-nin-288_dimensions_i-want-to-be-a-writer-who-reminds-others_1338902.png) > [What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/what-can-i-do-with-my-happiness-how-can-i-keep-it-conceal-it-bury-it/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/anais-nin-288_fall_what-can-i-do-with-my-happiness-how-can_2764797.png) > [I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-don-t-really-want-to-become-normal-average-standard-i-want-merely/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/anais-nin-288_average_i-don-t-really-want-to-become-normal-ave_1750475.png) > [I want to love you wildly. I don’t want words, but inarticulate cries, meaningless, from the bottom of my most primitive being,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-love-you-wildly-i-don-t-want-words-but-inarticulate-cries/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/anais-nin-288_belly_i-want-to-love-you-wildly-i-don-t-want-w_1686829.jpg) > [People who want a sane, static, measurable world take the first aspect of an event or person and stick to it, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/people-who-want-a-sane-static-measurable-world-take-the-first-aspect/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/anais-nin-288_aspect_people-who-want-a-sane-static-measurable_559820.png) > [I want to hear raucous music, to see faces, to brush against bodies, to drink fiery Benedictine. Beautiful women and handsome men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-hear-raucous-music-to-see-faces-to-brush-against-bodies-to/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/anais-nin-288_beautiful_i-want-to-hear-raucous-music-to-see-face_1857765.png) > [I only regret that everybody wants to deprive me of the journal, which is the only steadfast friend I have, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-only-regret-that-everybody-wants-to-deprive-me-of-the-journal-which/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/anais-nin-288_bearable_i-only-regret-that-everybody-wants-to-de_544930.jpg) > [I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-want-to-live-darkly-and-richly-in-my-femaleness-i-want-a-man-lying/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/anais-nin-288_command_i-want-to-live-darkly-and-richly-in-my-f_1289952.jpg) > [I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-disregard-the-proportions-the-measures-the-tempo-of-the-ordinary/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/anais-nin-288_disregard_i-disregard-the-proportions-the-measures_2078825.png) > [Why do I doubt her? Perhaps she is just very sensitive, and hypersensitive people are false when others doubt them; they waver.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/why-do-i-doubt-her-perhaps-she-is-just-very-sensitive-and/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/anais-nin-288_believe_why-do-i-doubt-her-perhaps-she-is-just-v_1127660.jpg) > [Again I take a taxi to Clichy address, but feel that I do not want to go on loving Henry more actively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/again-i-take-a-taxi-to-clichy-address-but-feel-that-i-do-not-want-to/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/anais-nin-288_addresses_again-i-take-a-taxi-to-clichy-address-bu_938721.png) > [Often, though, the passivity of the woman's role weighs on me, suffocates me. Rather than wait for his pleasure, I would like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/often-though-the-passivity-of-the-woman-s-role-weighs-on-me/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/anais-nin-288_body_often-though-the-passivity-of-the-woman_2750685.jpg) > [Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/ordinary-life-does-not-interest-me-i-seek-only-the-high-moments-i-am/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/anais-nin-288_accord_ordinary-life-does-not-interest-me-i-see_2308326.jpg) > [Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love goes on, the love goes on, blind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/too-late-for-changes-too-late-perhaps-for-explanations-and/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/anais-nin-288_being-me_too-late-for-changes-too-late-perhaps-fo_283605.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Anais Nin > [I wanted to remember in order to be able to return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-wanted-to-remember-in-order-to-be-able-to-return/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [“…For love it is never the same. What goes on inside is never the same just like this music which changes every instant. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/for-love-it-is-never-the-same-what-goes-on-inside-is-never-the-same/) [Anaïs Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/jazz-is-the-music-of-the-body-the-breath-comes-through-brass-it-is/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [I have so strong a sense of creation, of tomorrow, that I cannot get drunk, knowing I will be less alive, less well, less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-have-so-strong-a-sense-of-creation-of-tomorrow-that-i-cannot-get/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [We don't have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/we-don-t-have-a-language-for-the-senses-feelings-are-images/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/strange-isn-t-it-that-no-chemical-will-give-a-human-being-the/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-personal-if-it-is-deep-enough-becomes-universal-mythical-symbolic/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/introspection-is-a-devouring-monster-you-have-to-feed-it-with-much/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/in-each-studio-there-is-a-human-being-dressed-in-the-full-regalia-of/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-don-t-mind-working-holding-my-ground-intellectually-artistically/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [“Laughter and tears are not separate experiences, with intervals of rest: they rush out together and it is like walking with a sword between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/laughter-and-tears-are-not-separate-experiences-with-intervals-of/) [Anaïs Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-basis-of-insincerity-is-the-idealized-image-we-hold-of-ourselves/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [I write emotional algebra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-write-emotional-algebra/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. Most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/the-role-of-the-writer-is-not-to-say-what-we-can-all-say-but-what-we/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) > [I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/i-say-quotations-are-literary-they-are-good-only-when-dealing-with/) [Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/anais-nin/#itemlist", "name": "24 Want Quotes By Anais Nin", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "America hates the artist. 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Rather than wait for his pleasure, I would like to take it, to run wild. Is it that which pushes me into lesbianism? It terrifies me. Do women act thus? Does June go to Henry when she wants him? Does she mount him? Does she wait for him? He guides my inexperienced hands. It is like a forest fire, to be with him. New places of my body are aroused and burnt. He is incendiary. 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I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want to be a writer who reminds others that these moments exist; I want to prove that there is infinite space, infinite meaning, infinite dimension. But I am not always in what I call a state of grace. I have days of illuminations and fevers. I have days when the music in my head stops. Then I mend socks, prune trees, can fruits, polish furniture. 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