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Quote Left It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose. Quote Right
Quote Left What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup. Quote Right
Quote Left The monster was the best friend I ever had. Quote Right
Quote Left Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John. Quote Right
Quote Left In every generation there has to be some fool who will speak the truth as he sees it. Quote Right
Quote Left As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. Quote Right
Quote Left No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. Quote Right
Quote Left Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one's stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life. Quote Right
Quote Left I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. Quote Right
Quote Left I find that acrylics dry very fast - which is supposed to be its charm; however, I find that because of that quality they don't blend as nicely as the oils. The oils, for one thing, are softer and more flexible than the acrylics. Also, the colors are brighter with oils. Quote Right
Quote Left It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts. Quote Right
Quote Left While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare. Quote Right
Quote Left Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky. Quote Right
Quote Left It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts. Quote Right
Quote Left A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. Quote Right
Quote Left I played the trumpet a bit like a porker, I think. Quote Right
Quote Left You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. Quote Right
Quote Left Every time you are not practicing someone else is. Quote Right
Quote Left Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens -- and then everybody disagrees. Quote Right

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