Being natural is simply a pose.

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All art is quite useless.

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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She is a peacock in everything but beauty.

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I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

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Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.

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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

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We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices.

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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

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