Quote by: Lawrence Durrell

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential - the imagination.


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Author Bio


  • NameLawrence Durrell
  • Descriptionexpatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
  • AliasesLawrence George Durrell
  • BornFebruary 27, 1912
  • DiedNovember 7, 1990
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Novelist; Poet; Writer
  • WorksThe Alexandria Quartet
  • AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize; Cholmondeley Award