James Joyce
Ulysses revolutionized the modern novel
Most quoted
"I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile, and cunning."
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916
"I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile, and cunning."
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916
"I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning."
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916
All quotes by James Joyce (263)
I am not a propagandist, I am an observer.
I have tried to write a book that would be a mirror of the world.
I am not a teacher, I am a student.
I have always been interested in the rhythm of prose.
I am not a reformer, I am a chronicler.
I have tried to capture the essence of Dublin.
I am not a historian, I am a storyteller.
I have always been interested in the music of language.
I am not a judge, I am a witness.
I have tried to create a new language.
I am not a saint, I am a sinner.
I have always been interested in the subconscious mind.
I am not a prophet, I am a poet.
I have tried to express the inexpressible.
I am not a hero, I am a man.
I have always been interested in the dream world.
I am not a god, I am a human being.
I have tried to capture the flow of consciousness.
I am not a genius, I am a worker.
I have always been interested in the mysteries of life.
Contemporaries of James Joyce
Other Literatures born within 50 years of James Joyce (1882–1941).