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Quote by D. H. Lawrence

“The history of our era is the nauseating and repulsive history of the crucifixion of the procreative body for the glorification ofthe spirit.”

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D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist and poet, born on September 11, 1885, and died on March 2, 1930. He is recognized for his distinctive prose style and his exploration of complex human relationships, particularly in the context of modernity and industrialization. His works often deal with themes of love, sex, and the struggle for individuality. more

“When van Gogh paints sunflowers, he reveals, or achieves, the vivid relation between himself, as man, and the sunflower, as sunflower, at that quick moment of time. His painting does not represent the sunflower itself. We shall never know what the sunflower itself is. And the camera will visualize the sunflower far more perfectly than van Gogh can.”

Knows Men Doe Moments Achieve Painting Photography Relation Cameras Paint Vans Vivid Sunflower

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“A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule.”

Men Wit Ridicule Earnestness Nimble

Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

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“It is not woman who claims the highest in man. It is a man's own religious soul that drives him on beyond women, to his supreme activity. For his highest, man is responsible to God alone.”

Men Soul God Women Religious Activity Highest Claims Responsible Supreme

Author:D. H. Lawrence

“The purest lesson our era has taught is that man, at his highest, is an individual, single, isolate, alone, in direct soul-communication with the unknown God, which prompts within him.”