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Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.