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“For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as do the ordinary people, but to fulfill it in its true potential - the imagination.”

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

Book:Justine
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Justine

Justine is a work that delves into complex philosophical and religious questions, offering a narrative that challenges readers' perceptions of justice and faith. more

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Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell was an English novelist known for his complex narrative structures and rich cultural background. His works often explore human emotions, religious beliefs, and philosophical thoughts, with his most famous work being the 'Alexandria Quartet'. more

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Book:Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
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“Who among us has not suddenly looked into his child's face, in the midst of the toils and troubles of everyday life, and at that moment "seen" that everything which is good, is loved and lovable, loved by God! Such certainties all mean, at bottom, one and the same thing: that the world is plumb and sound; that everything comes to its appointed goal; that in spite of all appearances, underlying all things is - peace, salvation, gloria; that nothing and no one is lost; that "God holds in his hand the beginning, middle, and end of all that is." Such nonrational, intuitive certainties of the divine base of all that is can be vouchsafed to our gaze even when it is turned toward the most insignificant-looking things, if only it is a gaze inspired by love. That, in the precise sense, is contemplation... Out of this kind of contemplation of the created world arise in never-ending wealth all true poetry and all real art, for it is the nature of poetry and art to be paean and praise heard above all the wails of lamentation. No one who is not capable of such contemplation can grasp poetry in a poetic fashion, that is to say, in the only meaningful fashion. The indispensability, the vital function of the arts in man's life, consists above all in this: that through them contemplation of the created world is kept alive and active.”

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Book:Happiness and Contemplation
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