"And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?""

Art, Heart, Devil, First

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"And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?""

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Art, Science, Creation

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Art, Limitations, Thinking

"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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Truth, Critics, Authors

"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Art, History

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

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"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Art, Happiness, Philosophy, Values

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Art, Poetry, Love, Emotion, Expression

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Art, Man, Medicine, Sickness

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"If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son."

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"Holden went to his bungalow and began to understand that he was not alone in the world, and also that he was afraid for the sake of another, -- which is the most soul-satisfying fear known to man."

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"This is the great world, and I am only Kim. Who is Kim?' He considered his own identity, a thing he had never done before, till his head swam. He was one insignificant person in all this roaring whirl of India, going southward to he knew not what fate."

Philosophy

"Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength."

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"Everyone is more or less mad on one point."

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"We had a kettle, we let it leak:Our not repairing made it worse.We haven't had any tea for a week...The bottom is out of the Universe."

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"He travels the fastest who travels alone."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

"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."

"History develops, art stands still."

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

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"If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son."

"Heaven grant us patience with a man in love."

"A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower."

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers."

"Holden went to his bungalow and began to understand that he was not alone in the world, and also that he was afraid for the sake of another, -- which is the most soul-satisfying fear known to man."

"This is the great world, and I am only Kim. Who is Kim?' He considered his own identity, a thing he had never done before, till his head swam. He was one insignificant person in all this roaring whirl of India, going southward to he knew not what fate."

"Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength."

"Everyone is more or less mad on one point."

"We had a kettle, we let it leak:Our not repairing made it worse.We haven't had any tea for a week...The bottom is out of the Universe."

"He travels the fastest who travels alone."