"Art must not serve might."

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"My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul."

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"Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England."

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"There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance."

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"Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease."

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"Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do."

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"You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices."

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"One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction."

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"Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees."

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"I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up."

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"People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them."

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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

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"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

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"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

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"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

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"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

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"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

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"The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable."

Barack Obama, American President

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"Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

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