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Iris Murdoch Quotes: Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning.
         

Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning.


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This page presents the quote "Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning.". Author of this quote is Iris Murdoch. This quote is about psychoanalysis, life, adore, shapes, giving, art,.