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Quote by Edmund Burke
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existe

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. – Edmund Burke

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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke

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Pessimism
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People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke

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History
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Edmund Burke
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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. – Edmund Burke

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Shame
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It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least. – Robert Browning

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There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things. – Gustave Flaubert

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Art

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer. – Jack White

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Art

An art which isnt based on feeling isnt an art at all. – Paul Cezanne

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Art

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