"Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object."

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Source : James Barry, John Opie, Henry Fuseli (1848). “Lectures on Painting”, p.495

Henry Fuseli

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“[On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!”
“Friends, much as in real life, are often more trouble than their worth.”
“That was very much ahead of its time back in the 1880s and, not surprisingly, it was met with some resistance. [I]f you fast forward to today and the fact that we're the single largest source of employment for women (broadly speaking, as the reps are independent contractors), we've been an important creator of entrepreneurship for women.”
“The only way to the truth is through blasphemy.”
“And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction,”
“Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.”
“Kat bought a New York Times but couldnâ€™t figure out how to operate it, so now sheâ€™s fiddling with her phone.”

Source : Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.81, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Not wanting to give everyone in your life one of your kidneys is not the same thing as hoping they die of kidney failure.”

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