Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Art, Artists
What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Relaxation, Positive Attitudes, Optimism, Peace, Man, Motivation, Aspirations
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Artists, Art
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Evil
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Ambition
Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: World
Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Women
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
—Joseph Conrad
Topics: Talent
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
—Joseph Conrad
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