Anthony Marais Quotes

United States, Writer
1966

Anthony Marais (born Hollywood, California) is an American writer, musician, and academic. His writing focuses on culture, alchemy and the tendency of people to follow delusions.

Also known as Musician, Academic

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

Anthony Marais
Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Anthony Marais
- Love
- Pain
- Value

Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

Anthony Marais
- Experience
- Wisdom
- Chosen
To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter.

Anthony Marais
- World
- Religion
- Mankind
To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art.

Anthony Marais
- Art
- Skill
- Err
The key to writing is something to be stolen. How else does one open the door to a house of thieves?

Anthony Marais
- Writing
- Key
- Stolen
No philosopher was ever apathetic. If there is no love, it is not philosophy.

Anthony Marais
Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.

Anthony Marais
- Idea
- Heads
- Stereotypes

Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.

Anthony Marais
- Truth
- Ignorance
- Lie
We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

Anthony Marais
- Knowledge
- Born
- Hunger