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Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters,

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste. – Thomas Edward Brown

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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. – C. S. Lewis

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The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. – Robert Hughes

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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement… for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. – Max Beckmann

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Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Quotation and Originality,” Letters and Social Aims, 1876

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I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary. – Jonathan Mayhew

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When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die! – Anna Letitia Barbauld

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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. – Betty Ford

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