"Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued."

-- Jean Rostand

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“I am extremely grateful for two big gifts from my father. First, my sense of humor - the ability to see the humor in something while it is happening. That has cushioned my life. I am also grateful for the work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It has enriched my life and made me a very different person.”
“College is a secluded life of scholastic vegetation”
“America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see.”
“Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mary Mew (1988). “Charlotte Mew and her friends: with a selection of her poems”, Addison-Wesley
“The "end of a world" never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion”

Source : René Guénon (2001). “The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times”, p.279, Sophia Perennis
“Standing in public in other people's clothes, pretending to be someone else. It's a strange way for a grown man to make a living.”

Source : "James Gandolfini in His Own Words" by Christopher Rosa, www.mtv.com. June 20, 2013.
“Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.”

Source : Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. March 25, 2004.
“I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth.”

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