Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
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Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.Albert Camus
Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim.
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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
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Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.
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Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
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In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.
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