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“Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause of production of real art is the artist's inner need to express a feeling that has accumulated, just as for a mother the cause of sexual conception is love. The cause of counterfeit art, as of prostitution, is gain. The consequence of true art is the introduction of a new feeling into the intercourse of life, as the consequence of a wife's love is the birth of a new man into life. The consequences of counterfeit art are the perversion of man, pleasure which never satisfies, and the weakening of man's spiritual strength.”
What is art? • Leo Tolstoy“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
The Critic as Artist • Oscar Wilde“Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.”
Fragment • Epictetus“All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them.”
Book VIII • Marcus Aurelius“The avaricious are thrifty with time as well as money.”
Beware of Pity • Stefan Zweig