“Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.”
Source: The Black Prince
The Black Prince is Iris Murdoch's 15th novel, first published in 1973. The name of the novel alludes mainly to Hamlet.
“Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.”
Source: The Black Prince
The Black Prince (1973); 2003, p. 10.
“We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.”
Source: The Black Prince
“All art is the struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.”
The Black Prince (1973); 2003, p. 181.