Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them.
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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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What is line It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist's presence makes itself felt above that of the model. With the writer, line takes precedence over form and content. It runs through the words he assembles. It strikes a continuous note unperceived by ear or eye. It is, in a way, the soul's style, and if the line ceases to have a life of its own, if it only describes an arabesque, the soul is missing and the writing dies.
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In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
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