"As long as more people will pay..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish.
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“Every child has a right to its own bent. . . . It has a right to find its own way and go its own way, whether that way seems wise or foolish to others, exactly as an adult has. It has a right to privacy as to its own doings and its own affairs as much as if it were its own father.”
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“What a trade! Poor painters! They always wish to be understood, and they are analysed instead.”
“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.”
“The refining influence is the study of art, which is the science of beauty; and I find that every man values every scrap of knowledge in art, every observation of his own in it, every hint he has caught from another. For the laws of beauty are the beauty of beauty, and give the mind the same or a higher joy than the sight of it gives the senses. The study of art is of high value to the growth of the intellect.”