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John Geddes

"You do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from unseen hands - call it a Muse ..."

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"You do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from unseen hands - call it a Muse ..."

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"History develops, art stands still."

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

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

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"Music heals all forms of misery."

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"The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure."

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"The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest."

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"Only sick music makes money today."

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"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."

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"Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career."

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