All D. H. Lawrence Quotes
- We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we… All
- One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on. Achieved
- He who gets nearer the sun is leader, the aristocrat of aristocrats, or he who, like Dostoevsky, gets nearest the moon of our non-being. Aristocrat
- It's autumn ... and everybody feels like a disembodied spirit then. Autumn
- Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction. A double necessity then: to get on… Absolute
- The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. Art
- Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man. Dog
- I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze. Feel
- The Spanish wine, my God, it is foul, catpiss is champagne compared, this is the sulphurous urination of some aged horse. Aged
- The upshot was, my paintings must burn that English artists might finally learn. Artist
- He had made a passionate study of education, only to come, gradually, to the knowledge that education is nothing but the process of building up,… Building
- Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there… Deepest
- Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it. Beautiful
- He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal, true to your… Animal
- The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action. Action
- Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances. Back Far
- She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone… Born
- How the horse dominated the mind of the early races especially of the Mediterranean! You were a lord if you had a horse. Far back,… Action
- Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. Abide
- The grim frost is at hand, when apples will fall thick, almost thunderous, on the hardened earth. Apples
- Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing language, imposing works… Alive
- It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which lives by delicate… Alike
- America is neither free nor brave, but a land of tight, iron-clanking little wills, everybody trying to put it over everybody else, and a land… Absolutely
- I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth or belief, and… Accord
- I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like… All