"Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony."

Art, Poetry, Harmony, Prose

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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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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

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"I see my life in terms of music."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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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."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Truth, Critics, Authors

"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"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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"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?'"

Alain de Botton, English Writer

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"I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due."

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"Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth."

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"Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent."

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"Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie."

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"Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school."

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

"I see my life in terms of music."

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

"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."

"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."

"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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"I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due."

"Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth."

"This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel."

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."

"The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon."

"We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second."

"Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent."

"Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie."

"Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school."

"Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent."