Henry Miller

Henry Miller (1891 - 1980), full name Henry Valentine Miller, was a US novelist. He developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Of nothing (in the US) are you allowed to get the real odor of savor. Everything is sterilized and wrapped in cellophane.

- The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, the title essay

• The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

- With Edgard Varese in the Gobi Desert, in The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

• We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines, and digests.

- The Shadows in The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

• The American ideal is youth - handsome, empty youth.

- The Wisdom of the Heart

• Greece is the home of the gods.

- The Colossus of Maroussi

Jean Cocteau