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There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. – Rebecca West

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I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. – Rebecca West

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West

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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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Heres the teaching point, if youre teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesnt absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. – George Tenet

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It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. – John Steinbeck

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Wit is educated insolence. – Aristotle

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