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		Can art, alas! or genius guide the headWhere truth and freedom from the heart are fled?Can lesser wheels repeat their native stroke,When the prime function of the soul is broke?
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mark Akenside 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Mckellen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tara Brach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Warren Cuccurullo 
			 
			
				Duran Duran  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. Scott Fitzgerald 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yaya Han 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carles Puigdemont 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yael Naim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For me, art is not 'brooding.' It comes from someplace that is more fun and that has a kind of electricity to it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Kushner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harriet Beecher Stowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Beckham 
			 
			
				Spice Girls  
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The fact that we represented freedom, you know. We talked about that in the songs and I think that the parents, like all parents, they want their kids to be in line and not go crazy or do anything too weird (laughs). And for some reason, I think, people identified The Doors as representing just being able to do whatever you wanted to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Robby Krieger 
			 
			
				The Doors  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not a 'long writer' and have never wanted to write a novel or even a novella. Poetry, like flash fiction, provides a readily accessible canvas to play with. Whether to express an emotion or share a vignette, these forms are often interchangeable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Marge Simon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was the core of the universe, as we always are to ourselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gene Wolfe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like it where it gets dark at night, and if you want noise, you have to make it yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				H. Beam Piper 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When one gives up Christian belief one thereby deprives oneself of the right to Christian morality. For the latter is absolutely not self-evident: one must make this point clear again and again, in spite of English shallowpates. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Friedrich Nietzsche 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Can art, alas! or genius guide the headWhere truth and freedom from the heart are fled?Can lesser wheels repeat their native stroke,When the prime function of the soul is broke? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mark Akenside