The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.
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True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.Henry Miller
Fame is an illusive thing -- here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim cheers today, hisses tomorrow utter forgetfulness in a few months.
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Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty.
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The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
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Actually we are a vulgar, pushing mob whose passions are easily mobilized by demagogues, newspaper men, religious quacks, agitators and such like. To call this a society of free peoples is blasphemous. What have we to offer the world besides the superabun
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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
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