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A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line...To snatch in a moment of courage, from the...more

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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song o...more

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Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of ...more

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But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition— and, therefor...more