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She has form," he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove - "that cannot be denied to her; but has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact, she is like most artists; she is all style, without any sincerity. She would not sacrifice herself for others. She thinks merely of music, and everybody knows that arts are selfish. Still, it must be admitted that she has some beautiful notes in her voice. What a pity it is that they do not mean anything, or do any practical good.

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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

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A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

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The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

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The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.

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There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.

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Genius lasts longer than beauty

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The best way to appreciate your job is to, is here to stay.

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It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.

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There is no sin except stupidity.

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Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.

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I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.

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Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

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To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

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One should absorb the color of life.

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We live, I regret to say, in an age of Big Data hype.

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Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

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A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.

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LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

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It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.

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