Austin Osman Spare was a British artist known for his unique sigil system and symbolic works of sexual symbolism. His artistic career spanned the early 20th century, influencing many artists that followed.
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“In our solitariness... great depths are sometimes sounded. Truth hideth in company.”
“The soul is the ancestral animals. The body is their knowledge.”
Source: The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life
“Give me the death of my soul. Intoxicate me with self-love.”
Source: The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life
“In a universe that defies description, all systems of belief can only be false.”
“Darken your room, shut the door, empty your mind. You are still in great company.”
“Embrace reality by imagination.”
Source: The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life
“Art is the instinctive application of the knowledge latent in the subconscious.”
“It was the straying that found the path direct.”
Source: The Writings of Austin Osman Spare: Anathema of Zos, the Book of Pleasure and the Focus of Life