“An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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“The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.”
— Gustave Flaubert
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“You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.”
— Paul Cezanne
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“Art seduces, but does not exploit.”
— Mason Cooley
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“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.”
— Khalil Gibran
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“It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least.”
— Robert Browning
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“When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.”
— Paul Valery
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“Personality is everything in art and poetry.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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