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Eric Gill Quotes: Art itself has become an extraordinary thing - the activity of peculiar people - people who become more and more peculiar as their activity becomes more and more extraordinary.
         

Art itself has become an extraordinary thing - the activity of peculiar people - people who become more and more peculiar as their activity becomes more and more extraordinary.


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Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.

Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.



The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.



There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.

There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.



Letters are things, not pictures of things.

Letters are things, not pictures of things.



Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.



If you look after truth and goodness, beauty looks after herself.

If you look after truth and goodness, beauty looks after herself.



Continued experiment with dog today.

Continued experiment with dog today.



If you look after goodness and truth, beauty will take care of itself.

If you look after goodness and truth, beauty will take care of itself.



The value of the creative faculty derives from the fact that faculty is the primary mark of man. To deprive man of its exercise is to reduce him to subhumanity.

The value of the creative faculty derives from the fact that faculty is the primary mark of man. To deprive man of its exercise is to reduce him to subhumanity.



Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.





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When the first "let there be light" spoken, the entire electromagnetic spectrum is emitted.

When the first "let there be light" spoken, the entire electromagnetic spectrum is emitted.



True knowledge of God is born out of obedience.

True knowledge of God is born out of obedience.



Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.

Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.



I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else.

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else.



Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.

Whenever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared. I have been helped, supported, encouraged and nurtured by people of all races, creeds, colors and dreams.



I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.

I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.



They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?" And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.

They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?" And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.



Purity comes from Seva... it comes from selfless love.

Purity comes from Seva... it comes from selfless love.



Look out, Death: I am coming.-Art thou not glad? what talks we'll have.-What memories of old battles.-Come, bring the bowl, Death; I am thirsty.

Look out, Death: I am coming.-Art thou not glad? what talks we'll have.-What memories of old battles.-Come, bring the bowl, Death; I am thirsty.




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