Quote by Edith Wharton
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. – Edith Wharton

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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. – Edith Wharton

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Age
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There are moments when a mans imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. – Edith Wharton

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Imagination
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There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it. – Edith Wharton

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A great artist is always before his time or behind it. – George Moore

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To engage with art, we have to be willing to be wrong, venture outside our psychic comfort zones, suspend disbelief, and remember that art explores and alters consciousness simultaneously. – Jerry Saltz

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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. – Epicurus

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Life is not an exact science, it is an art. – Samuel Butler

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Real courage is when you know youre licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. – Harper Lee

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