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“One must stand stiller than still. On reverse time travel.”

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James Jeans was an influential British physicist known for his contributions to astrophysics and cosmology. His research encompassed stellar structure and the origins of the universe, having a profound impact on modern physics. more

“There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. ... Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.”

Art Ideas Political Artist Citizens Claims Insight Authenticity Sole Worth It Irrelevant Criteria Allegiance Standpoint

Author:Vaclav Havel

“The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.”

Art Pain Artist Force Produce Disease Pressure Breathe Artistic Definite Vitality Temperament Artistic Temperament

Book:Heretics

Source: Heretics

“Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil.”

People Writing Art Artist Evil Genius Fame Stealing Robbers Cartels

Book:Alms for oblivion: essays

Source: Alms for oblivion: essays

“If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.”

Ifs Art Artist Great Art Spit

Author:Pablo Picasso

“In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.”

Art Age Artist Ugly Sensible

Book:Aphorisms

Source: Aphorisms

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