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I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitutes a picture.

[ Groucho Marx speaking :] Come, Kapellmeister, let the violas throb! My regiment leaves at dawn.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

We affirm that the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing car whose hood is adorned with great pipes, like serpents of explosive breath—a roaring car that seems to ride on grapeshot is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace .

We affirm that the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing car whose hood is adorned with great pipes, like serpents of explosive breath—a roaring car that seems to ride on grapeshot is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace .

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.

Donner un sens plus pur aux mots de la tribu .

Tel qu’en Lui-Même enfin l’éternité le change .

What I want is to draw inspiration only from the truth. . . . My qualifications for this important role include a large head, an enormous nose, disappointment in love, and expectations of ill health.

Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

A half-truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.

I'm not smart enough to lie.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

By doubting we come at truth.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.