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"An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog."
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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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"Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation."
"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."
"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."
"It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both."
"Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher."
"Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine."
"God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?"
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