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100 Mind-Blowing Quotes By Clive Barker

Famous As: British Novelist and Playwright Who Excelled in the Genre of Horror Stories
Born On: October 5, 1952
Born In: Liverpool, England
Age: 71 Years
Clive Barker is a renowned British pop artist whose work is displayed in private and museum collections which include ‘The British Museum in London’, ‘Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C’, ‘National Gallery of South Australia’, ‘Tate in London’, ‘The National Portrait Gallery In London’ and ‘Städtische Kunsthalle in Mannheim’. He left his course at Luton College of Technology and Art and joined ‘Vauxhall Motors’ car factory to work on assembly line. It was here when he realized his true calling while he learned the potential of sculpture especially in chrome plated metal and leather. This had a lasting influence on him and he worked primarily on cast metals and applied chrome finishes to his work. Following are some popular thoughts and words expressed by Clive Barker. Read through the quotes and sayings by Clive Barker.
Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Clive Barker
Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red.

Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red.

Clive Barker
[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

Clive Barker
Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love

Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love

Clive Barker
We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

Clive Barker
That which is imagined can never be lost.

That which is imagined can never be lost.

Clive Barker
No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.

No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.

Clive Barker
To call you excrement would be an insult to the product of my bowels.

To call you excrement would be an insult to the product of my bowels.

Clive Barker
Wherever I go, I will speak of you with love.

Wherever I go, I will speak of you with love.

Clive Barker
I've learned two things in my life. One that love is the beginning and end of all meaning. And two that it is the same thing whatever shape our souls have taken on this journey. Love is love. Is love.

I've learned two things in my life. One that love is the beginning and end of all meaning. And two that it is the same thing whatever shape our souls have taken on this journey. Love is love. Is love.

Clive Barker
One man's pornography is another man's theology.

One man's pornography is another man's theology.

Clive Barker
Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.

Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.

Clive Barker
Life is short
And pleasures few
And holed the ship
And drowned the crew
But o! But o!
How very blue
the sea is.

Life is short And pleasures few And holed the ship And drowned the crew But o! But o! How very blue the sea is.

Clive Barker
A man kills the thing he loves, and he must die a little himself.

A man kills the thing he loves, and he must die a little himself.

Clive Barker
We burn so hard, but we shed so little light; it makes us crazy and sad.

We burn so hard, but we shed so little light; it makes us crazy and sad.

Clive Barker
Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities.

Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities.

Clive Barker
The sun rose like a stripper, keeping its glory well covered by cloud till it seemed there'd be no show at all.

The sun rose like a stripper, keeping its glory well covered by cloud till it seemed there'd be no show at all.

Clive Barker
Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.

Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.

Clive Barker
She had opened a door... and now she was walking with demons. And at the end of her travels, she would have her revenge... Pain had made a sadist of her.

She had opened a door... and now she was walking with demons. And at the end of her travels, she would have her revenge... Pain had made a sadist of her.

Clive Barker
I dreamt a limitless book,
A book unbound,
Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance
On every line there was a new horizon drawn,
New heavens supposed;
New states, new souls.

I dreamt a limitless book, A book unbound, Its leaves scattered in fantastic abundance On every line there was a new horizon drawn, New heavens supposed; New states, new souls.

Clive Barker
…there’s nothing in the world more fun than doing something you’re good at.

…there’s nothing in the world more fun than doing something you’re good at.

Clive Barker
Flesh could not keep its glamour, nor eyes their sheen. They would go to nothing soon. But monsters are forever.

Flesh could not keep its glamour, nor eyes their sheen. They would go to nothing soon. But monsters are forever.

Clive Barker
Three is the number of those who do holy work;

Two is the number of those who do lover's work;

One is the number of those who do perfect evil

Or perfect good.

Three is the number of those who do holy work; Two is the number of those who do lover's work; One is the number of those who do perfect evil Or perfect good.

Clive Barker
Evil, however powerful it seemed, could be undone by its own appetite.

Evil, however powerful it seemed, could be undone by its own appetite.

Clive Barker
Is there any good news?' Tesla said.
Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be  good  news?

Is there any good news?' Tesla said. Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news?

Clive Barker
Give me B movies or give me death!

Give me B movies or give me death!

Clive Barker
Words are sexier than flesh.

Words are sexier than flesh.

Clive Barker
Welcome to the worst nightmare of all, reality!

Welcome to the worst nightmare of all, reality!

Clive Barker
Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

Clive Barker
She was a sea: and I had to swim in her.

She was a sea: and I had to swim in her.

Clive Barker