“It is the glory and good of ArtThat Art remains the one way possibleOf speaking truth - to mouths like mine, at least.”
“At least yours talks," Elysia said, irritably shoving a fry into her mouth. "Mine just stares. Like a cow.”
“Now, but these three," cried Jurgen, "are the glory of Philistia: and of all that Philistia has produced, it is these three alone, whom living ye made least of, that today are honored wherever art is honored, and where nobody bothers one way or the other about Philistia.”
“Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.”
“A pear, an apple, and a banana in a basket on a table isn’t art, no matter how skillfully painted. But it is something to talk about, or at least a tasty way to utilize one’s mouth.”
“Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality.”