Quote by Eric Hoffer
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More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. – Eric Hoffer

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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. – Eric Hoffer

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Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. – Mark Twain

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

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The minds passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell. – Adrienne Rich

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