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"The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people."
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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."
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"I see my life in terms of music."
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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
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"She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her 'Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir."
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"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."
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"History develops, art stands still."
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"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."
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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."
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"The claims I'm making for art are simply the claims that we naturally make around music or around poetry. We're much more relaxed around those art forms. We're willing to ask, 'How could this find a place in my heart?'"
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"Alimony is the curse of the writing class."
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"The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people."
Art
"Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment."
Sentimentality
"The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you."
Man
"Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists."
Fact
"Each day a few more lies eat into the seed with which we are born, little institutional lies from the print of newspapers, the shock waves of television, and the sentimental cheats of the movie screen."
Influence
"I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind."
Ability
"When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write."
Reading
"Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation."
God
"Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it."
Dance
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