Quote by Milan Kundera
You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if

You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself. – Milan Kundera

Other quotes by Milan Kundera

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. – Milan Kundera

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Attitude
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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace. – Milan Kundera

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Stress
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People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because theyre going deaf, it has to be played louder still. – Milan Kundera

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Other Quotes from
Imagination
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The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting. I think getting beyond the four edges of an opportunity or challenge is one of the basic skills you need in business. – Thomas Kinkade

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Imagination

Sometimes imagination pounces; mostly it sleeps soundly in the corner, purring. – Terri Guillemets

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Imagination

Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play. – Henri Matisse

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Imagination

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination. – Lionel Trilling

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Imagination

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