"The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect."

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Source : Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1854). “De Quincey's Writings: Theological essays and other papers. 1854”, p.94

Thomas de Quincey

#Art Quotes #Irritation Quotes #Development Quotes

“There's no point in saying anything but the truth.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that.”
“It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.”
“The eye is continually influenced by what it cannot detect; nay, it is not going too far, to say that it is most influenced by what it detects least. Let the painter define, if he can, the variations of lines on which depend the change of expression in the human countenance.”
“Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.”
“Everything that we believe in and count on is really in question right now. Our safety net, public education, housing, health care, so many things that are fundamental to a healthy democracy, are under attack. So I think, in general we've got a lot of work to do.”
“Jesu, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast.”
“When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.”

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