The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because the…

Aldous Huxley
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The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1937). Ends and Means: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization, p.236, Transaction Publishers
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