Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
Denis Diderot
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- When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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- When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
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- There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.