“Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.”
Karl Kraus (1874–1936) Czech playwright and publicist
Beim Wort genommen (1955); as translated by Harry Zohn
“Embrace beautiful lies - the chronic insanity of the sane”
— Sarah Kane, book 4.48 Psychosis
Source: 4.48 Psychosis
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