Were I called on to define very briefly the term Art I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation however accurate of what is in Nature entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

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We loved with a love that was more than love.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

All religion my friend is simply evolved out of fraud fear greed imagination and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination and poetry.

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    The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

    The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand, nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

    Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

    Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

    An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

    An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

    Every savage can dance.

    Every savage can dance.

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