Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Joseph Merrick

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Joseph Merrick.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Joseph Merrick

Joseph Carey Merrick, often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name, "the Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital after he met Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society.

I am not an animal! I am a human being! I…am…a man! — © Joseph Merrick
I am not an animal! I am a human being! I…am…a man!
Tis true, my form is something odd but blaming me, is blaming God, Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you.
I sometimes think my head is so large because it is so full of dreams.
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