Dante > Dante's Quotes

“The basis of all true cosmic horror is violation of the order of nature, and the profoundest violations are always the least concrete and describable.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Selected Letters III: 1929-1931

“I read, and, in reading, lifted the Curtains of the Impossible that blind the mind, and looked out into the unknown.”
― William Hope Hodgson

“I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime.”
― Van Gogh on "The Night Cafe" painting

“The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps?”
― H.R. Giger

“I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams.”
― Zdzisław Beksiński

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild