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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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Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?

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Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.

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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

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An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength and strikes weakness.

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There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.

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Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.

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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.

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The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

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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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I'm interested in the limits of personality, in the possibility of change, and the saving power of art. Do powerful works of art raise our consciousness to such a degree that we refrain from sliding into moral hazard? Do we take note? Or are we doomed to repetition?

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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.

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He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

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The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.

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No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.

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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

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How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience of our times shows those princes to have done great things who have had little regard for good faith, and have been able by astuteness to confuse men's brains, and who have ultimately overcome those who have made loyalty their foundation.

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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

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Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form.

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