He said, I suppose there are people who are purely moved by… - John Fowles

" "
He said, I suppose there are people who are purely moved by great art. I never met a painter who was. I'm not. All I think of when I see that picture is that it has the supreme mastery I have spent all my life trying to attain. And shall not. Ever.

John Fowles

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About John Fowles

John Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist and essayist.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: John Robert Fowles

All quotes from John Fowles Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like John Fowles:

Margaret Atwood Jean-Paul Sartre Iris Murdoch Saul Bellow Ursula K. Le Guin

Additional quotes by John Fowles

By this characteristically twentieth century retreat from content into form, from meaning into appearance, from ethics into aesthetics, from aqua into unda, I dulled the pain of accusing death, and hardened myself.

It’s rather like your voice. You put up with your voice and speak with it because you haven’t any choice. But it’s what you say that counts. It’s what distinguishes all great art from the other kind.

Narcissism: when one grows too old to believe in one's uniqueness, one falls in love with one's complexity.

He said, I suppose there are people who are purely moved by great art. I never met a painter who was. I'm not. All I think of when I see that picture… - John Fowles

About John Fowles

Also Known As

Enhance Your Quote Experience

Additional quotes by John Fowles