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Feb 15
The Highest Justice
Joseph Conrad,
Preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'
A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every...
Jan 30
The By-Product
Robert Henri,
The Art Spirit
The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture—however unreasonable this may sound. The p...
Jan 21
The Only Question
Rainer Maria Rilke,
Letters to a Young Poet
You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send th...
Jan 20
The Demon and the Windowpane
George Orwell,
Why I Write
Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your o...