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Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.


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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.



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When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without knowing it.

When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without knowing it.



Cubism is the art of depicting new wholes with formal elements borrowed not only from the reality of vision, but from that of conception.

Cubism is the art of depicting new wholes with formal elements borrowed not only from the reality of vision, but from that of conception.



Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony.




Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.



I don't want to work. I want to smoke.

I don't want to work. I want to smoke.



Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.



I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.





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I like Carson. I really like Carson. I can hand an idea to him that's still a little rough, and he can turn it over and tumble it and hand it back to me shining. And I can do the same for him.



Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together.

Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together.



Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.



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A silent mouth is sweet to hear.



I think just the opposite is true: love is an ideology for eternal militants, and the more misfortunes life tries to burden us with, the more essential love becomes.

I think just the opposite is true: love is an ideology for eternal militants, and the more misfortunes life tries to burden us with, the more essential love becomes.



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Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.



When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.



In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.

In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.




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This page presents the quote "Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.". Author of this quote is Guillaume Apollinaire. This quote is about order, grammar, geometry, art, plastic,.