Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

—E. M. Forster

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Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as...

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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

—E. M. Forster

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

—E. M. Forster

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

—E. M. Forster

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

—E. M. Forster

Love is always being given where it is not required.

—E. M. Forster

love generosity

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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

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The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution.

—David Cronenberg

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Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

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