D. H. Lawrence Quotes

I always feel as if I stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me--and it's rather an awful feeling. One has to be so terribly religious to be an artist.

D. H. Lawrence

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• Art
• Feeling
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• Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.

  

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• I always feel as if I stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me--and it's rather an awful feeling. One has to be so terribly religious to be an artist.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • God
  • Art
  • Feeling