Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible and perhaps altogether unseen.

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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog, and sometimes for a man.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

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    An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

    Every savage can dance.

    Every savage can dance.

    One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

    One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

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