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(speaking of Ann Radcliffe) A work of art worthy of the name is one which gives us back the freshness of the emotions of childhood.

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Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

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Il faut que l’homme s’évade de cette lice ridicule qu’on lui a faite: le prétendu réel actuel avec la perspective d’un réel futur qui ne vaille guère ...more

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Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.

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I am the soul in limbo.