"What is art but a way of seeing?" — Saul Bellow

"What is art but a way of seeing?"

— Saul Bellow

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215 Quotes by Saul Bellow

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A man is only as good as what he loves.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we…
Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.
When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the…
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.
We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for… — Aristotle
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov

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