C. S. Lewis Quotes on art

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief... view

By: C. S. Lewis

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Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time... view

By: C. S. Lewis

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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither... view

By: C. S. Lewis

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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value.. view

By: C. S. Lewis

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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it... view

By: C. S. Lewis

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God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing... view

By: C. S. Lewis

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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere... view

By: C. S. Lewis

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