Illuminations Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

• The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice… — Jacob Bronowski
• The dimensions of a work of art are seldom realized by the author until the work is accomplished. It is like a flowering dream. Ideas… — Carson McCullers
• We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies. A shining cloud is one… — Alice Meynell
• One reason writers write is out of revenge. Life hurts; certain ideas and experiences hurt; one wants to clarify, to set out illuminations, to replay… — Cynthia Ozick
• I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool… — Johnny Vegas
• I sincerely believe that there is a time in life for drifting. There is a time for sitting back and getting in touch with yourself.… — Rudolfo Anaya
• During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book colorful and beautiful,… — Joshua Foer
• What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation… — Virginia Woolf
• Regrets are illuminations come too late. — Joseph Campbell
• Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want… — Anais Nin
• The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark. — Virginia Woolf
• Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late. — Joseph Campbell
• In the end, history, especially British history with its succession of thrilling illuminations, should be, as all her most accomplished narrators have promised, not just… — Simon Schama

Who Wrote These Illuminations Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 Illuminations Quotes as follows:

• 2 Illuminations Quotes by Virginia Woolf
• 2 Illuminations Quotes by Joseph Campbell
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Jacob Bronowski
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Carson McCullers
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Alice Meynell
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Cynthia Ozick
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Johnny Vegas
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Rudolfo Anaya
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Joshua Foer
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Anais Nin
• 1 Illuminations Quote by Simon Schama