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The Truth Is That The Phenomena Of Artistic Production Are Still So Obscure, So Baffling, We Are Still So Far From An Accurate Scientific And Psychological Knowledge Of Their Genesis Or Meaning, That We Are Forced To Accept Them As Empirical Facts; And Empirical And Non-explanatory Names Are The Names That Suit Them Best.

Money And Sex Are Forces Too Unruly For Our Reason; They Can Only Be Controlled By Taboos With Which We Tamper At Our Peril.

A Best-seller Is The Gilded Tomb Of A Mediocre Talent

The Ladies Who Try To Keep Their Beauty Are The Ladies Who Lose It.

Our Names Are Labels, Plainly Printed On The Bottled Essence Of Our Past Behavior.