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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

“Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.”

Book VIII • Marcus Aurelius

““I am caught in a tide of sorrow and love which is carrying me away from writing.” (17 July 1920)”

Letters To Milena • Franz Kafka

“Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the superior, but the rational for the sake of one another.”

Book VII • Marcus Aurelius

“There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.”

Les Misérables • VICTOR HUGO

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