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In general it can be said that a nation’s art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

Polly, August 15, 2013

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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.

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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

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