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Quote by Steven Pinker
Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Mus

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. – Steven Pinker

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As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. – Steven Pinker

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By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu. – Steven Pinker

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Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature. – Steven Pinker

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Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. – Gertrude Stein

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Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich. – William Bolitho

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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. – Niels Bohr

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Prose talks and poetry sings. – Franz Grillparzer

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