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45 Great Quotes By Edward Gorey, The Man Who Popularized Limericks

Famous As: American Writer and Artist, Noted for His Own Illustrated Books and Cover Art
Born On: February 22, 1925
Died On: April 15, 2000
Born In: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died At Age: 75
Edward Gorey was a well-known English illustrator, writer, and poet. His most appreciated works were his cartoons, prose and literary nonsense in his poetry. He attended a number of local grade schools and was a part of the US army for a couple of years. He then joined the Harvard University to pursue graduation. Although he started drawing since the age of 18 months but his professional career as an illustrator started at Doubleday Anchor. Some of his most remarkable illustrations were for the covers of the book ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker and ‘The War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells. Gorey was passionate to get into writing and published his first independent work, ‘The Unstrung Harp’ which helped him gain local popularity. This encouraged him to write other books which added to his popularity and made him famous internationally. Here is a collection of thoughts and quotations which have been scanned from the vast sea of his work. Go through these inspiring quotes from the life and work of Edward Gorey which will help you look at life from a different perspective.
Books. Cats. Life is Good.

Books. Cats. Life is Good.

Edward Gorey
The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.

Edward Gorey
My mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible. I think we should all be as uneasy as possible, because that's what the world is like.

My mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible. I think we should all be as uneasy as possible, because that's what the world is like.

Edward Gorey
When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.

When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.

Edward Gorey
I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.

I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.

Edward Gorey
There are so many things we've been brought up to believe that it takes you an awfully long time to realize that they aren't you.

There are so many things we've been brought up to believe that it takes you an awfully long time to realize that they aren't you.

Edward Gorey
My favorite journey is looking out the window.

My favorite journey is looking out the window.

Edward Gorey
What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.

What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.

Edward Gorey
Interviewer: What is your greatest regret?
Gorey: That I don't have one

Interviewer: What is your greatest regret? Gorey: That I don't have one

Edward Gorey
The Suicide, as she is falling,
Illuminated by the moon, 
Regrets her act, and finds appalling
The thought she will be dead so soon.

The Suicide, as she is falling, Illuminated by the moon, Regrets her act, and finds appalling The thought she will be dead so soon.

Edward Gorey
It's well we cannot hear the screams we make in other people's dreams.

It's well we cannot hear the screams we make in other people's dreams.

Edward Gorey
If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

Edward Gorey
There was a young lady named Mae
Who smoked without stopping all day;
As pack followed pack,
Her lungs first turned black,
And eventually rotted away.

There was a young lady named Mae Who smoked without stopping all day; As pack followed pack, Her lungs first turned black, And eventually rotted away.

Edward Gorey
I tend to be rather inconsequential and trail off.

I tend to be rather inconsequential and trail off.

Edward Gorey
I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense.

I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense.

Edward Gorey
Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.

Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.

Edward Gorey
Some tiny creature, mad with wrath, is coming nearer on the path.

Some tiny creature, mad with wrath, is coming nearer on the path.

Edward Gorey
I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.

I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.

Edward Gorey
To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.

To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.

Edward Gorey
I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

Edward Gorey
I have given up considering happiness as relevant.

I have given up considering happiness as relevant.

Edward Gorey
Not everything in life can be interpreted metaphorically; that's because things fall out on the way.

Not everything in life can be interpreted metaphorically; that's because things fall out on the way.

Edward Gorey
Such excess of passion
is quite out of fashion

Such excess of passion is quite out of fashion

Edward Gorey
More is happening out there than we are aware of.
It is possibly due to some unknown direful circumstance.

More is happening out there than we are aware of. It is possibly due to some unknown direful circumstance.

Edward Gorey
All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

All the things you can talk about in anyone's work are the things that are least important.

Edward Gorey
Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.

Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.

Edward Gorey
The world may think it idiotic,
Nor care at all we're symbiotic,
But I will say at once and twice:
I find it nice. I find it nice.

The world may think it idiotic, Nor care at all we're symbiotic, But I will say at once and twice: I find it nice. I find it nice.

Edward Gorey
I should like a parsley sandwich.
To the best of my knowledge they are not in season.

I should like a parsley sandwich. To the best of my knowledge they are not in season.

Edward Gorey
Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.

Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.

Edward Gorey
The Baron told her that only art meant anything.

The Baron told her that only art meant anything.

Edward Gorey