#be

Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#art #artist #becoming #defeats #end

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. ↗

— Henry Miller

#actor #acts #beginning #in the beginning #man

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. ↗

— Henry Miller

#being #decay #expression #growth #i

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen. ↗

— Henry Miller

#america #been #before #chance #fruit

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously. ↗

— Henry Miller

#music #opiate #seriously #take #too

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning. ↗

— Henry Miller

#fact #given #life #meaning #obvious

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. ↗

— Henry Miller

#because #continually #deepest #ever #few

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them. ↗

— Henry Miller

#condition #disturbed #either #face #forever

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. ↗

— Henry Miller

#been #confounded #death #entered #ever

Because someone stole Gregory Peck's star on Hollywood Blvd., I have hired a Brink's guard to protect my star! ↗

— Rip Taylor

#brink #gregory #guard #hired #hollywood