"Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity."
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"In art there is no progress, only fluctuations of intensity."
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"Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act."
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"Love is like pancreatitis; it starts off slow, then builds in intensity until you become consumed and develop violent cramps."
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"Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power."
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"We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it!"
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"Too much intensity can be a bad thing."
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"In his own way, he's lived life with all the intensity he could muster."
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"The bow always strung ... will not do."
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"The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of it. It’s loud and hard. I like all that because inside me I feel like screaming."
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"That is, sir, there can only be communication, communion, when you and I are on the same level, and with the same intensity, at the same time."
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"The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth."
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