#illuminates

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

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I don't believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together. ↗

— Barry Commoner

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#believe #done #environmentalism #i #i believe

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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#art #criticism #darkness #discernible #enveloping