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I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.
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The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
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A good stylist should have narcissistic enjoyment as he works. He must be able to objectivize his work to such an extent that he catches himself feeling envious and has to jog his memory to find that he is himself the creator. In short, he must display that highest degree of objectivity which the world calls vanity.
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That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.
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Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
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Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.
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