Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Knowledge
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Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man – the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. – Margot Fonteyn

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Painting is silent poetry. – Plutarch, Moralia: How to Study Poetry

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Art is anything you can get away with. – Marshall McLuhan

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