Quote by Joseph Conrad
Only in mens imagination does every truth find an effective and un

Only in mens imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. – Joseph Conrad

Other quotes by Joseph Conrad

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. – Joseph Conrad

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Feminism
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It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves… have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all. – Joseph Conrad

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Emotions
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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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Weather
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Art
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. – Guy Kawasaki

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Art

Art is mans expression of his joy in labor. – Henry A. Kissinger

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Art

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. – Joan Miro

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Art

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art. – Charles Baudelaire

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Art

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If we reject science, we reject the common man. – Naguib Mahfouz

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I never thought of politics as a profession. – Georgios A. Papandreou

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Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Music

Low levels of vitamin D in the population as a whole suggest that most people need to take a vitamin D supplement. This may be especially true for seniors, as the ability to synthesize vitamin D in the skin declines with age. – Andrew Weil

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Age