So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status it long

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order. – Rowan D. Williams

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Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty? – Sara Teasdale

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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. – Edmund Burke

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