Henry Miller Quotes

American - Author | December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

Henry Miller

KnowledgeIgnoranceHorizonField

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

Henry Miller

GoodPeopleBadReadySeeWilling

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.

Henry Miller

FaceRecognitionLookTragedyNobody

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

Henry Miller

WorldAlwaysOverUpSkeletonWalks

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Henry Miller

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All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

Henry Miller

GrowthExperienceDarkLeapWithout

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

Henry Miller

LifeLiveAimAwareMeansDivinely

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.

Henry Miller

MadnessProfitMoreOnlyWhoInsane

There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.

Henry Miller

CrazyWorldSalvationBecomingWhich

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Henry Miller

PeaceWillThroughBeingComeAny

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

Henry Miller

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Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

Henry Miller

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