"In my own version of the idea of 'what art wants,' the end and fulfillment of the history of art is the philosophical understanding of what art is, an understanding that is achieved in the way that understanding in each of our lives is achieved, namely, from the mistakes we make, the false paths we follow, the false images we have come to abandon until we learn wherein our limits consist, and then how to live within those limits."

-- Arthur Danto

#Art Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Philosophical Quotes

“Trust me, it takes talent to converse with a cat”
“I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.”
“The truth is, no matter how trying they become, babies two and under don't have the ability to make moral choices, so they can't be bad. That category only exists in the adult mind.”
“This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.”
“There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.”
“For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.”
“The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.”
“It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.”

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