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“For in the immediate world, everything is to be discerned, for him who can discern it, and central and simply, without either dissection into science, or digestion into art, but with the whole of consciousness, seeking to perceive it as it stands: so that the aspect of a street in sunlight can roar in the heart of itself as a symphony, perhaps as no symphony can: and all of consciousness is shifted from the imagined, the revisive, to the effort to perceive simply the cruel radiation of what is.”

Quote by James Agee

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James Agee (November 27, 1909 - May 16, 1955) was an American author, playwright, and film critic. Known for his profound social criticism and literary talent, Agee is best remembered for his novel 'A Death in the Family' and the screenplay for the film 'The African Queen'. more

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