Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Quotes

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music.

It had never occurred to me before that music and thinking are so much alike. In fact you could say music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

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