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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Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil

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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. – Edgar Degas

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I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy – a crow and a rabbit – to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork. – Ellie Goulding

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Success and the art of making music are two different things for me. – Norah Jones

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Im very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, were all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film. – Jeff Bridges

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