Mehmet Murat IldanWhen your life is stormy, take a refuge to a port: To music or to literature, in short, to art, to any kind of art!
About This Quote
This quote by Victor Hugo captures the joy that can be found in the arts. The quote comes from his novel, Les Misérables, and is often used to describe a time when a person is going through a rough patch in their life. A quote like this can be a source of comfort during times of difficulty. The idea of taking refuge in art can also be a metaphor for finding peace in one’s own mind. And, while no one has a perfect life, there are ways to make it better.
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More Quotes By Mehmet Murat Ildan
- Face the truth or the truth will face you!
- Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable!
- The whispering of the truth is stronger than the thunderstorm of the untruth!
- With faith, you may get stuck in a very big lie and may lose the truth forever; but with doubt, you can always reach the truth!
- Max Lucado says that ‘A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.’ That is true and a man who wants to find out the truth must also do the same thing!