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There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless. ↗

— Clive Bell

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Christendom appears clearly to me to be one of those trifling, insignificant arts, which has never been of any substantial advantage to mankind. ↗

— Edward Hicks

#any #appears #arts #been #christendom

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#boring #considered #despair #everything #inclination

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#appropriate #case #clearly #different #different reasons

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#diplomat #diplomatic #early #father #learn

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#conception #consumes #down #escaping #every

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

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I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now. ↗

— Boris Becker

#care #did #first #going #him

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. ↗

— Boris Becker

#head #i #keep #playing #psychological

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

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