Quote by John Donne
Art is the most passionate orgy within mans grasp. - John Donne

Art is the most passionate orgy within mans grasp. – John Donne

Other quotes by John Donne

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. – John Donne

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Art
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Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; for, thus friends absent speak. – John Donne

Category:
Letters
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Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way. – John Donne

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Fight, Fighting
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Art
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A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, The Clock is more than a movie or even a work of art. It is so strange and other-ish that it becomes a stream-of-consciousness algorithm unto itself – something almost inhuman. – Jerry Saltz

Category:
Art

All in the Family was intellectual it was art. – Carroll OConnor

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Art

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is theyre trying to write about. They have music. – Thom Yorke

Category:
Art

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art. – William Morris

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Art

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I want to be a cool mom. – Tori Spelling

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cool

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Religion

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. – Henry David Thoreau

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Simplicity

I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I dont represent the entire gay community because its a vast, vast community, as one can imagine. – K. D. Lang

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Society