Art for art's sake does not mean that only art matters.

E.M. Forster in Two Cheers for Democracy (1938)
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

E.M. Forster in Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)
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Tolerance, good temper and sympathy - they are what matter really, and if the human race is not to collapse they must come to the front before long

E.M. Forster in Two Cheers for Democracy (1938)
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I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our own particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

E.M. Forster in Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)
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