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"Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?"
"Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness."
"Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate."
"I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange."
Explore more quotes by Nicolas de Chamfort
"It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful."
"Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones."
"Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent."
"Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death."
"There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men."
"Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever."
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