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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated going

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. – Clive Bell

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Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind. – Clive Bell

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Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age. – Clive Bell

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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art. – Jet Li

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Sometimes for an artist the only difference between insanity and genius is success. – Edward Allen Bernero, Criminal Minds, “True Night” (season3, episode10), origina

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Im enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything thats considered artistic, theres a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It cant exist without it. – Steve Martin

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Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven. – Robert Browning

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