The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life doe…

James Joyce
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The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring. Paintings of Moreau are paintings of ideas. The deepest poetry of Shelley, the words of Hamlet bring our mind into contact with the eternal wisdom; Plato's world of ideas. All the rest is the speculation of schoolboys for schoolboys. ✨ James Joyce (2016). Ulysses, p.188, First Avenue Editions
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