We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

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When we separate music from life we get art.

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Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

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We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

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It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.

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I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

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