Any authentic work of art must start an... by Rebecca West | We Heart Quotes

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

- Rebecca West

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Art

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

- Rebecca West

Science

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

- Rebecca West

Women Men

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

- Rebecca West

Power Life

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived.

- Rebecca West

Disaster

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

- Rebecca West

People

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

- Rebecca West

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