"We do not write in order to be……" — Cecil Day-Lewis

"We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand."

— Cecil Day-Lewis

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11 Quotes by Cecil Day-Lewis

Cecil Day-Lewis has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Love is proved in the letting go.
Selfhood begins with a walking away, And love is proved in letting go.
There's a kind of release And a kind of torment in every goodbye for every man.
High sprits they had: gravity they flouted.
We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that…
Flying alone! Nothing gives such a sense of mastery over time over mechanism, mastery indeed over space, time, and life…
A way of using words to say things which could not possibly be said in any other way, things which…
Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age…
To travel like a bird, lightly to view | Deserts where stone gods founder in the sand, | Ocean embraced…
They who in folly or mere greed Enslaved religion, markets, laws, Borrow our language now and bid Us to speak…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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