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"What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself."
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"Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only by means of that something more does it communicate the emotion at all."
"We often forget to draw a new picture because we are so busy criticizing other paintings."
"A beautiful poem is nothing but a mirror of philosophy through which we can see life's pure beauty."
"Poets create a beautiful blue sky where you can fly with wings of imagination and find yourself again and again."
"The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life."
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."
"Literature tries to express the intricate inner beauties of life. Philosophy tries to explain the intricate inner beauties and conflicts of thoughts."
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"Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography."
"It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to."
"The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule."
"A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in."
"Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything."
"You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't."
"Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society."
"Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of."
"Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted."
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