"The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person, painting has itself as it's purpose, which is quite enough."

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Theophile Gautier

#Art Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.”
“I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.”
“One day you retire, and you get a social life.”
“I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.”
“Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?”
“It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”

Source : "The Talented Mr. Ripley", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“We're just like you. Were not these older idols, you know, were just kids like you guys.”
“If a lion could speak, it would not understand itself.”

Source : Michael Frayn (2016). “Collected Columns”, p.111, Faber & Faber

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