Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.Vice and virtue are the artist’s materials for an art. From the point of view of form, th...
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The pure and simple truth is, the truth is never pure and simple.
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No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpa...
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I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.
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When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
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I've put my genius into my life I've only put my talent into my works.
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[Letter to William Ward, 11 July 1878]Dear Boy, Why don’t you write to me? I don’t know what has become of you.As for me I am ruined. The law suit is ...
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She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful th...
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I'm a man of simple tastes. I'm always satisfied with the best.
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So with curious eyes and sick surmiseWe watched him day by day,And wondered if each one of usWould end the self-same way,For none can tell to what red...
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She lives the poetry she cannot write.
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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
