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.

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, read more

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.

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

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.

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.