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Quote by Aldous Huxley
Perhaps its good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if h

Perhaps its good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if hes happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life? – Aldous Huxley

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My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. – Aldous Huxley

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Modern mans besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. – Aldous Huxley

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Actually I think Art lies in both directions – the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing. – Peter Hammill

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Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesnt matter. Im not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesnt make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker

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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. – Michelangelo

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Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside. – Valentino Rossi

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The aphorist sees in every truth a wise saying, and in every contradiction, two wise sayings. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Flowers and butterflies drift in color, illuminating spring. – Author Unknown

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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not. – Adolf Loos

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Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. – Mary Baker Eddy

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