“A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.”
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The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
How goodness heightens beauty!
You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.
