"All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be it realistic, fantastic, Utopian or satiric, the construct of the artist is a counter-statement to the world."

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Source : George Steiner (2010). “Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say?”, p.11, Faber & Faber

George Steiner

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“When you're in the public eye, it's wrong to cheat on someone, unless you're very careful. If you're normal and no one's going to know, then do it.”
“Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.”

Source : Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Stepping Westward”, p.38, Pan Macmillan
“It seems to me that I have always wanted to say the same things in my books: that life is one, that mystery is all around us, that yesterday, today and tomorrow are all spread out in the pattern of eternity, together, and that although love may wear many faces in the incomprehensible panorama of time, in the heart that loves it is always the same.”
“With everything you do, in fact, you should train yourself to question your repeated behaviors.”

Source : Dan Ariely (2013). “The Irrational Bundle”, p.43, HarperCollins UK
“Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ann Brashares from Mar 01, 2012
“Jewish men don't know anything.”
“A passion for life is one of the most attractive qualities in a human being. If you want a teammate or a life mate who loves to be around you, all you need to do is love to be around.”
“As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.”

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