Tom Stoppard's Quote - Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own

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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. – Tom Stoppard

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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older. – Tom Stoppard

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It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall its a painting, and if you can walk around it its a sculpture. – Tom Stoppard

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