20 Great Henry Miller Quotes

“An artist is always alone — if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.” – Henry Miller

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“Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am.” – Henry Miller

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“The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” – Henry Miller

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“Living apart and at peace with” – Henry Miller

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“The American ideal is youth –handsome, empty youth.” – Henry Miller

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“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.” – Henry Miller

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 “Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.” – Henry Miller

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“We do not talk — we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.” – Hnery Miller

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“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.” – Henry Miller

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“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

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“Everybody says sex is obscene. The only true obscenity is war.” – Henry Miller

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“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller

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“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller

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“We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.” – Henry Miller

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“Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.” – Henry Miller

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“There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy” – Henry Miller

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“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself” – Henry Miller

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“To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.” – Henry Miller

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“Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.” – Henry Miller

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“What’s a fuck when what I want is love?” – Henry Miller

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