Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work. — Lawrence Durrell
For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; — Lawrence Durrell
Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie. — Lawrence Durrell
It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you’d do something else. — Lawrence Durrell
There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature. — Lawrence Durrell
We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it. — Lawrence Durrell