You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
DENIS DIDEROT
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If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.
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You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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