Art Quote by Richard B. Garnett

“It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress.”

Richard B. Garnett

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Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.

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In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

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Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself.

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Passion is Love's blind guide, but the only one he hath.

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Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.

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Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.

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As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word.

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Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.

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Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

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Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive.

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Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.

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Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.

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