Art is Individualism, and Individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. Therein lies its immense value. For what it seeks to disturb is monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. The Soul of Man Under Socialism
But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. Book VI
“But if there was hope, it lay in the proles. You had to cling on to that. When you put it in words it sounded reasonable: it was when you looked at the human beings passing you on the pavement that it became an act of faith.” 1984
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