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“The movement of abstract art... bears within itself at almost every point the mark of the changing material and psychological conditions surrounding modern culture.”

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Author:Meyer Schapiro

“Those modern analysts, they charge so much! In my day, for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks Freud would let you treat him - that included a choice of any two vegetables.”

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Book:The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose

Source: The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose

“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”

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Author:Ernest Hemingway

“Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.”

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Author:J. G. Ballard

“Both Moscow and [Kiev], the modern and the ancient capitals, were reduced to ashes [by the Tartars]; a temporary ruin, less fatal than the deep, and perhaps indelible, mark, which a servitude of two hundred years has imprinted on the character of the Russians.”

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Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire