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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention o

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz

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Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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Society
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Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. – Octavio Paz

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History
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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

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Poetry
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Politics is the art of controlling your environment. – Hunter S. Thompson

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An art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Art

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. – Sun Tzu

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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. – Walter Benjamin

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Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. – Alexander Hamilton

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