"Brutes find out where their talents lie; A……" — Jonathan Swift

"Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs."

— Jonathan Swift

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Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity. — Julio Cortazar
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Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful. — Andy Hobsbawm
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