David Herbert Lawrence

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#artist #contrary #finer #immorality #morality

The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters - not to talk in armies and nations and numbers - but to track it home. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#artist #business #dreadful #fighters #follow

Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#carry #life #ocean #oftener #onto

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#bough #dead #drop #ever #felt

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#free #get #hate #immediate #our

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#i #life #live #my life #nights