"My Name Is Red" Quotes
A masterful historical novel set in 16th century Istanbul, which explores love, art, and the power of storytelling through the eyes of multiple narrators, including a murderer.
fiction | 537 pages | Published in 2011
Quotes
Nothing brings people closer than art, not love, not war.
A man's refusal should never be taken seriously.
The one thing I can’t do is write love stories.
One should bury one's father, devour the world, and not have any offspring.
Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation.
No painting is worth shedding blood over.
Some people claim to see the future, others to see the past. I, on the other hand, claim to see what is right in front of me.
Fear blinds us to the beauty of the individual.
Death is a devil who has swallowed everything.
An artist forgets reality when he takes up his brush.
