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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

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God. – John Donne

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God
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John Donne
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Any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee. – John Donne

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

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Letters
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Other Quotes from
Art
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Colors are the deeds and sufferings of light. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Art

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. – Martin Luther

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Art

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well but their manners should be of the greatest concern. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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Art

Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts. – Camille Paglia

Category:
Art

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Look at Jessica Simpson. Shes famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasnt that dumb, but thats how she was perceived – and thats what got popular. – Danica McKellar

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famous

In music the passions enjoy themselves. – Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, 1886

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Music

In our dreams we are always young. – Sarah Louise Delany

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Dreams

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in mens minds without their being aware of the fact. – Claude Levi-Strauss

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Myths, Mythology