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"A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample."
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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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"The crushed teapot in the rubbish of the bulldozed house will sing in your ears forever."
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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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"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."
Art
"A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample."
Art
"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple."
Man
"International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge."
Knowledge
"There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all."
Conversation
"There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence."
Art
"Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind."
Communication
"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology."
Science
"The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots."
Man
"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul."
Life
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