Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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This is the theory… that anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.

Edward Gorey's Popular Quotes

It's well we cannot hear the screams we make in other people's dreams.

- Edward Gorey

What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.

- Edward Gorey

I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.

- Edward Gorey

I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at t…

- Edward Gorey

Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.

- Edward Gorey

God knows, there's enough to worry about without worrying about worrying about things.

- Edward Gorey

My favorite journey is looking out the window.

- Edward Gorey

There are so many things we've been brought up to believe that it takes you an awfully long time to realize that they aren't you.

- Edward Gorey

If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

- Edward Gorey