Quotes by Conrad, Joseph

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an afte >>

Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word, but th >>

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passe >>

Quotations about Integrity

Achievement is not the most important thing -- Authenticity is >>

If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It i >>

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to >>

You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And least of all can you condemn an artist pursuing, however humbly and imperfectly, a creative aim. In that interior world where his thought and his emotions go seeking for the experience of imagined adventures, there are no policemen, no law, no pressure of circumstance or dread of opinion to keep him within bounds. Who then is going to say Nay to his temptations if not his conscience?

Conrad, Joseph