Quote#Art
Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Porque é bela a arte? Porque é inútil. Porque é feia a vida? Porque é toda fins e propósitos e intenções..
English (original)
Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
All beginnings are involuntary.
Myth is the nothing that is everything.
Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.
Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting