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“We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.”

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There is not one thing that music does which does not say something about how a person should organize himself, too.

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“The self can watch itself becoming lazy, or non-watchful; this is an asset that can make both for humor and profound well-being.”

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In reality opposites are one; art shows this.

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All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.

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