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+ Life imitates art far more than art imitates
Life.
+ It is through art, and through art only, that
we can realize our perfection; through art and
art only that we can shield ourselves from the
sordid perils of actual existence.
+ Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
+ Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable
that we have to alter it every six months.
+
The only excuse for making a useless thing is
that one admires it immensely. All art is useless.
+
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing
to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
+
No great artist ever sees things as they really
are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
+ A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and
a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
+ I am the only person in the world I should like
to know thoroughly.
+ One should absorb the colour of life, but one
should never remember its details. Details are
always vulgar.
+
The true mystery of the world is the visible,
not the invisible.
+ All art is at once surface and symbol. Those
who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
+ Most people are other people. Their thoughts
are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,
their passions a quotation.
+
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is
a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
+ What a pity that in life we only get our lessons
when they are of no use to us.
+ Nowadays people know the price of everything
and the value of nothing.
+ I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful
thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.
+ Man is least himself when he talks in his own
person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you
the truth.
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