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The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Public
Really
Genuine
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To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.
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The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.
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Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others.
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Ideas are forces our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.
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A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.
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The artist is called a creator.
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Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages it all seems modeled after two or three types, and those the least like types of good acting. The fault generally lies less in the bad imitation of a good model, than in the successful imitation of a bad model.
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The mathematician who is without value to mathematicians, the thinker who is obscure or meaningless to thinkers, the dramatist who fails to move the pit, may be wise, may be eminent, but as an author he has failed.
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Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
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Roger Bacon, a disciple of the Arabs, also insisted on the primary necessity of Mathematics, without which no other science can be known yet by Mathematics it is clear that he meant something very different from what we mean, including under that head even dancing, singing, gesticulation, and performance on musical instruments.
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Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.
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To love is for the Soul to choose a companion, and travel with it along the perilous defiles and winding ways of life mutually sustaining, when it is rugged with obstructions, and mutually rejoicing, when rich broad plains and sunny slopes make journeying delight.
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Originality is independence, not rebellion it is sincerity, not antagonism.
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Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
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Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.
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Vehemence without feeling is but rant.
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