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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

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler

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Understanding
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Samuel Butler
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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler

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best
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Samuel Butler
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Art
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When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I wont miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the Eventocracy. All this flashy art-fair art and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. – Jerry Saltz

Category:
Art

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. – Claude Monet

Category:
Art

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. – H. L. Mencken

Category:
Art

Wherever art appears, life disappears. – Robert Motherwell

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Art

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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. – Mark Twain

Category:
Integrity

He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock. – Scottish Proverb

Category:
Persuasion

Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. – Lillian Smith

Category:
Faith

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming. – William Bolitho

Category:
Culture