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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies,

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. – Gustave Flaubert

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Any great work of art… revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world — the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air. – Leonard Bernstein, What Makes Opera Grand?

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A man and his art are like a fool and his king. – Terri Guillemets

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If one looks closely enough, one can see angels in every piece of art. – Terri Guillemets

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Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious. – Jean Cocteau

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No one can enjoy freedom without trembling. – Emile M. Cioran

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The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. – Attributed to James A. Garfield

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You know, I started my career in politics in 1967. Im not new to this. I did not just fall off the Christmas tree. I understand the world is complex. I know that there are people out there who want to hurt other people. – Dennis Kucinich

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