Here I stand and make Both myth and reality in my own way And live the violence of my dream and of my reality.

- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you renew nothing. But by set…

- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

The artist, surgeon, through clay form, can only look for cure with great obstinacy until he discovers, repeatedly, that love is god's only gift that…

- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of influe…

- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come.

- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra