Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Millerwas an American writer. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricornand The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, all of which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris, and all of which were banned in the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAutobiographer
Date of Birth26 December 1891
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.
We create our fate every day we live
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
Whenever a taboo is broken, something good happens, something vitalizing. Taboos after all are only hangovers, the product of diseased minds, you might say, of fearsome people who hadn't the courage to live and who under the guise of morality and religion have imposed these things upon us.
When you travel often, you will be addicted to it forever.
Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.
He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals
To paint is to love again, and to love is to live life to the fullest.
Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane.