Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes
Born: September 1, 1875
Edgar Rice Burroughs, a titan of imagination, redefined creativity by forging entire worlds from the ink of his pen. As the architect of Tarzan and John Carter, he proved that art thrives on boundless escape, not rigid reality. His philosophy championed the primal spark within us—the wild, untamed force of invention. Burroughs believed that true creativity demands audacity: to build jungles from thin air and civilizations from dust. His quotes resonate because they echo a timeless truth—that the greatest art is born not from imitation, but from the sheer, unapologetic will to dream beyond the horizon.
Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes (10)
"I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"Imagination is but another name for super intelligence."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"Death, only, renders hope futile."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"I write to escape; to escape poverty."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?"
— Edgar Rice Burroughs"She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils."
— Edgar Rice Burroughs