Quotes by Lawrence, D. H.

Museums, museums, museums, object-lessons rigged out to illustrate the >>

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies -- thinkin >>

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for fut >>

The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the lim >>

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew n >>

After all, the world is not a stage -- not to me: nor a theatre: nor a show-house of any sort. And art, especially novels, are not little theatres where the reader sits aloft and watches... and sighs, commiserates, condones and smiles. That's what you want a book to be: because it leaves you so safe and superior, with your two-dollar ticket to the show. And that's what my books are not and never will be. Whoever reads me will be in the thick of the scrimmage, and if he doesn't like it -- if he wants a safe seat in the audience -- let him read someone else.

Lawrence, D. H.