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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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Cyril Connolly in The Unquiet Grave (1944; 1951), Part 2

 

Jean Cocteau

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Don't try to get even, don't waste a lot of time trying to get even with each other. Because you never really do. Our ancestors thought if they ate of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, that they would be like God. The truth was, not only did they not find out good from evil, but they also were unable to know God after that. Not only were they unable to know God, they were unable to know each other. Not only were they unable to know each other, they were unable to know themselves. And that is our, that is our heritage, folks.

 

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Ambition has but one reward for all:
A little power, a little transient fame,
A grave to rest in, and a fading name.

 

William (author) Winter