“The darkening of the world makes the irrationality of art rational: radically darkened art.”
Source: Aesthetic Theory
“Dotty: Archie says the Church is a monument to irrationality.
George: … The National Gallery is a monument to irrationality! Every concert hall is a monument to irrationality! — and so is a nicely kept garden, or a lover's favour, or a home for stray dogs! You stupid woman, if rationality were the criterion for things being allowed to exist, the world would be one gigantic field of soya beans!”
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Tom Stoppard
,
Jumpers
Act I
Jumpers (1972)
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