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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

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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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So vast is art, so narrow human wit. – Alexander Pope

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I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum. – Claes Oldenburg

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Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, thats why it is so complicated. – Paul Rand

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Surely all art is the result of ones having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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