A. S. Byatt Quotes About Pleasure

Quotes about: Pleasure

• Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

  A. S. Byatt

  Art, Doe, Pleasure

  FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Jun 30, 2010

• There is a peculiar aesthetic pleasure in constructing the form of a syllabus, or a book of essays, or a course of lectures. Visions and shadows of people and ideas can be arranged and rearranged like stained-glass pieces in a window, or chessmen on a board.

  A. S. Byatt

  Book, Glasses, Ideas

  A S Byatt (2009). “The Children's Book”, p.119, Random House

• There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.

  A. S. Byatt

  Trying, Failing, Imagine

  "Clinging to the wreckage" by A. S. Byatt, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2002.

• Our days weave together the simple pleasures of daily life, which we should never take for granted, and the higher pleasures of Art and Thought which we may now taste as we please, with none to forbid or criticise.

  A. S. Byatt

  Art, Simple, Together

  A S Byatt (2012). “Possession: A Romance”, p.45, Random House

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