Art Quote by Clive Barker

“Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.”

Clive Barker

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Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting the Red…

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I firmly believe that a story is only as good as the villain.

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You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.

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“Pleasure is a reward, given to the human system by evolution in return for services rendered to the preservation and increase of the species.”

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