Henry Miller

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is read more

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. - The Books in My Life.

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

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

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are read more

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put read more

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison eith this order.