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author | Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com> | 2011-09-20 23:31:15 -0400 |
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committer | Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com> | 2011-09-20 23:31:15 -0400 |
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Adding in my choice of epigraph to epigraph.pod
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diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 224435bd96..30c8eeba52 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.15.3 - Oscar Wilde, All Art is Quite Useless + + All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath + the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol + do so at their peril. + + It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. + Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the + work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the + artist is in accord with himself. + + We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as + he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless + thing is that one admires it intensely. + + All art is quite useless. + + -- Oscar Wilde, From the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray + + =head2 v5.15.2 - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Third Duina Elegy L<Announced on 2011-08-20 by Ricardo |