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I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation. — George Bernard Shaw
The fact that there are so many weak, poor and boring stories and novels written and published in America has been ascribed by our rebels… — Saul Bellow
Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man. — W. Somerset Maugham
I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world. — Mo Yan
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. — Eugenio Montale
The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of… — Karl Jaspers
I would predicate that in all great works of genius masculine and feminine elements in the personality find expression, whether this androgynous nature is played… — May Sarton
But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never. — Edvard Munch
Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of the mind. Great… — Alex Grey
I don't know what motivated the artist, which means that the paintings have an intrinsic quality. I think Goethe called it the 'essential dimension,' the… — Gerhard Richter
It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or remain sterile, subservient,… — Lawren Harris
The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while… — Theodore Roosevelt
Great works of the imagination are not produced quickly nor do they take quick effect on the popular mind. — John Dos Passos
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were… — Billy Joel
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not… — Samuel Johnson
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. — Joseph Joubert
Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works. — John N. Mitchell
...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. — Helen Keller
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us… — Azar Nafisi
What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the… — Paulo Coelho
In all great works of fiction, regardless of the grim reality they present, there is an affirmation of life against the transience of that life,… — Azar Nafisi
Writing is an expression of the writer's own peculiar personality, could not help being so. Yet in reading great works one feels that the finished… — Eudora Welty
We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual,… — Azar Nafisi
Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying. — Albert Camus
Religion must be used in furthering great works of justice and reform. It must be used to establish right relations between different groups of men,… — John Haynes Holmes

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