Quote by Samuel Butler
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. -

The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence. – Samuel Butler

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Virtue
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. – Samuel Butler

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Family
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Other Quotes from
Art
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The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art. – Kenneth Tynan

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Art

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because theyre good or there because theyre lucky. – Katharine Hepburn

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Art

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. – G.K. Chesterton

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Art

I dont paint things. I only paint the difference between things. – Henri Matisse

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Art

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Physiological response to thinking and to pain is the same; and man is not given to hurting himself. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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