I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The importance of Being Earnest
“The prospect of those visiting hours, for which the starvation artist naturally yearned, since they were the meaning of his life, also made him shudder.” A Hunger Artist
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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