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Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Polly, August 14, 2013

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Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves ‘It’s pretty, but is it Art?’

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