Lionel Trilling's Quote - Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. – Lionel Trilling

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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. - Lionel Trilling

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. – Lionel Trilling

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Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. – Lionel Trilling

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Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. – Lionel Trilling

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We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health. – Lionel Trilling

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Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. – Toni Morrison

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The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. – George Santayana

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Art is born of humiliation. – W. H. Auden

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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. Thats how I get my kicks. – Edward Koch

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