Quote by Simone Weil
Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the di

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. – Simone Weil

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The only way into truth is through ones own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. – Simone Weil

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A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. – Simone Weil

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. – Simone Weil

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Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art. – Austin OMalley

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Any fool can have bad luck the art consists in knowing how to exploit it. – Frank Wedekind

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Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs. – Thomas Wolfe

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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut. – Carly Fiorina

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