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An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#columns #confused #emit #familiar #forests

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#because #being #believe #crowd #immense

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#freedom #i #idea #loved #skydiving

People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#above #because #fascinated #people #seems

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#events #liars #make #own #people

Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don't give it my all right now I'll regret it later. That's very important to me, because I've worked all my life to have this. ↗

— Shania Twain

#because #fulfilled #give #going #i

These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything. ↗

— Jack Vance

#everything #i #iceberg #just #read

Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly? ↗

— Michael Bay

#cause #directors #do you know #five #go

It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more. ↗

— Michael Bay

#being #bit #correct #get #got