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Quote by Northrop Frye
The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pur

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego. – Northrop Frye

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It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable. – Northrop Frye

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I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork. – Bill Griffith

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