“Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.”
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
Source: Le Naturalisme Au Theatre
“Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.”
— Ambrose Bierce, book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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