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Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry… to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart.

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The happiness of being envied is glamour. Being envied is a solitary form of reassurance. It depends precisely upon not sharing your experience with those who envy you.
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Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.
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To live and die amongst foreigners may seem less absurd than to live persecuted or tortured by one’s fellow countrymen….
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Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast.
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Those who first invented and then named the constellations were storytellers.
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Matisse did neither. He clashed his colours together like cymbals and the effect was like a lullaby.
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To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude.
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Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
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In the average European oil painting of the nude the principal protagonist is never painted. He is the spectator in front of the picture and he is presumed to be a man.
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This determines not only most relations between men and women but also the relation of women to themselves.
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(The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. To be naked is to be without disguises.
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