Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

Quote by Edith Wharton

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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into...

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic...

Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic...

There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in,...

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of...

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of...

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of...

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of...

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that...

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less...

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less...

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret...

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret...

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything...

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything...

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite...

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite...

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have...

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have...

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.