"People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus."
"The artist... standing in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams - 'a mediator, consequently gifted with twin faculties, a selective faculty and a reproductive faculty.' To equate these faculties was the secret of artistic success."
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Source: James Joyce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)”, p.1542, Delphi Classics
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