"There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain."

-- Georges Braque

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“Lord, I do fear Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year My soul is all but out of me-let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.”
“O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago; The schoolmaster over the land is advancing, Then why is the master of dancing so slow? It is such a bore to be always caught tripping In dull uniformity year after year; Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping: I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!”
“I think the world should be represented on television and for the longest its been limited. Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period.”
“Leo drummed his fingers. â€œGreat. I should have installed a smoke screen that makes the ship smell like a giant chicken nugget. Remind me to invent that, next time.â€ Hazel frowned. â€œWhat is a chicken nugget?â€ â€œOh, manâ€¦â€ Leo shook his head in amazement. â€œThat's right. Youâ€™ve missed the last, like, seventy years. Well, my apprentice, a chicken nuggetâ€”â€ â€œDoesnâ€™t matter,â€ Annabeth interrupted.”
“Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? After our subtlest analysis of the mental process, we must still say that our highest thoughts and our best deeds are all given to us.”
“A poet's words are of things that do not exist without the words.”

Source : Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination”, p.32, Vintage
“The nature of mind: much of its power seems to stem from just the messy ways its agents cross-connect. ...it's only what we must expect from evolution's countless tricks.”
“Going into Indianapolis, playing Indiana, I guess bring it on. It's what we've caught at the end of the year, and we've got to try to make the best of it.”

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