"Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue."

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Source : Benjamin Robert Haydon, Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1876). “Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir”, p.255

Benjamin Haydon

#Art Quotes #Reality Quotes #Perfection Quotes

“Don't look to anyone for your needs, for the One who created you, waters you.”
“Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.”
“That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.”
“Traveling is, and has always been, more popular than the traveler.”
“When Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was asked why there was so much animosity in her country towards the United States, she gave a one-word answer: â€œdrones.â€”
“I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me.”
“It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.”
“You guys are related to Jonah Wizard?" Jake asked, his lip curled disdainfully. "And the other guy," Dan grumbled. "Vin Diesel's stunt double.”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2012). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 3: The Dead of Night”, p.18, Scholastic Inc.

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