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Letters are things, not pictures of things.


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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.



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.



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.



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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That’s what I’m trying, sir… getting my life.



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God cares about you and your needs. Bring them to Him in a spirit of worship and thanksgiving, knowing that He is mindful of your place in His creation.



I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.



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He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.



There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

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