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“How shall we plan, that all be fresh and new-- Important matter yet attractive too? [Ger., Wie machen wir's, dass alles frisch und neu Und mit Bedeutung auch gefallig sei?]”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

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I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.

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All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.

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The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament

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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

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Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…

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Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

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Giving is the business of the rich.

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Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as…

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I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a - you know.…

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Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

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I think it's sort of the hypothetical point where communism and fascism meet. They love tragedy, and they love surface beauty. You just watch…

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My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.

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