"Be natural my children. For the writer..." - Quote by Charles Dickens
Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.
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“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them.”
“Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.”
“I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you[for helping me]. I almost feel as if You ought to be grateful to ME, for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. . . I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor to you, by giving you an opportunity of assisting me.”
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“What I want is that my picture should evoke nothing but emotion.”
“Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.”
“Picasso only registers the deformities which have not yet penetrated our consciousness. Art is a mirror which goes 'fast' like a watch - sometimes.”