Art Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!”

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

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Imaginary evils are incurable.

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Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

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Genius points the way, talent takes it.

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Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and…

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The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.

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Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

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Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?

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“Much less evil would be done on earth if evil could not be done in the name of good. ”

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Those whom we support hold us up in life.

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Pity is love in undress.

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“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

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During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.

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In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are…

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