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 mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – Simone Weil

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Art must take reality by surprise. – Francoise Sagan

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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. – Orson Welles

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Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. – David Bailey

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt

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