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Charles Bukowski Quotes - Page 2

An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way

Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne (2013). “More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns”, p.240, City Lights Books

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.149, Canongate Books

The less I needed, the better I felt.

Charles Bukowski, “Let It Enfold You”

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture". Life Magazine, December 1988.

The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.

Charles Bukowski (2003). “Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993”

I am not like other people. I am burning in hell. The hell of myself.

Charles Bukowski (2011). “New Poems Book Two”, p.117, Random House

Are you becoming what you've always hated?

Charles Bukowski (2009). “Hollywood”, p.41, Canongate Books

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.

Charles Bukowski (2013). “Notes of a Dirty Old Man”, p.29, City Lights Books