All Joseph Conrad Quotes
- For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been… Accomplice
- Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. Art
- My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is,… Achieve
- His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded… Altogether
- Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in… Audacity
- Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others. Accident
- We live as we dream--alone.... Alone
- We live in the flicker -- may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday. Darkness
- He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is detestable. And it has a fascination, too, which goes to work upon him.… Abomination
- Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our ambitions, our indignations,… All
- No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle… Alone
- My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel —… According
- They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident… Accident
- It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation,… Absurdity
- The question is not how to get cured, but how to live. Cured
- There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetousness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual… Blind
- It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it may… Dormant
- Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the… Drown
- Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off. Art
- ... it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice. Choice