"All art is at once surface and..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
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“Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.”
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise [in the future. But only if we set out to make this true and anticipate it so we look for the blessings until we find them].”
“The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.”
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“What I became a comedian for was to get my art out. To get some of these feelings and things I had on my chest out. I don't care if people believe them, listen to them, change their ways, or think, or any of that kind of crap. I'm interested in showing off. I'm the same kid from sixth grade who stood up and said "watch this."”
“I simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.”
“I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible.”
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“The wolf is the arch type of ravin, the beast of waste and desolation.”
“The bluebird carries the sky on his back.”
“The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; evenafter the house is burned it still stands sometimes, and its importance and independence are apparent.”