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Iris Murdoch Quotes


An Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about political and social questions of good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious.
Dame Iris Murdoch DBE (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about political and social questions of good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected in 2001 by the editorial board as one of Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 2008, The Times named Murdoch among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

Here are some famous quotes by Iris Murdoch. 

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

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The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait.

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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.