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Art made tongue-tied by authority.

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When oxygen and sulphur dioxide are mixed in the presence of a filiament of platinum, they form sulphurous acid. This combination takes place only if the platinum is present; nevertheless the newly formed acid contains no trace of platinum, and the platinum itself is apparently unaffected: has remained inert, neutral, and unchanged. The mind of the poet is the shred of platinum.

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To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.

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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.

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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

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Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.

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If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

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It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.

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A good half of the art of living is resilience.

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I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

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The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.

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I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate.

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Eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period.

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As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.

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And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.

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Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

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You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid

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The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.

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I agree with Schopenhauer that one of the most powerful motives that attracts people to science and art is the longing to escape from everyday life.

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A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

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