"When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life."
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"Life is short, but art lives forever."
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"Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science]."
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"Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an art."
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"All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union, and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another."
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"Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art."
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"I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill."
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"The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting for this representation."
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"The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance"
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"It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have the power of bringing them to light, and sometimes give us views more true and more perfect than art could possibly do."
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"It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important."
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"I will have no man work for me who has not the capacity to become a partner."
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"A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned."
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"Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort."
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"The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols."
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"It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is not that of the policeman."
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"Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy."
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"In the arts of peace Man is a bungler."
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"I often wonder how different the world would be if Hitler had not been turned down when he applied to art school."
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"What I became a comedian for was to get my art out. To get some of these feelings and things I had on my chest out. I don't care if people believe them, listen to them, change their ways, or think, or any of that kind of crap. I'm interested in showing off. I'm the same kid from sixth grade who stood up and said "watch this.""
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