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01Undated

Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.

George Henry Lewes / quote

02Undated

Insincerity is always weakness sincerity even in error is strength.

George Henry Lewes / quote

03Undated

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

George Henry Lewes / quote

04Undated

Sincerity is moral truth.

George Henry Lewes / quote

05Undated

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.

George Henry Lewes / quote

06Undated

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

George Henry Lewes / quote

07Undated

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

George Henry Lewes / quote

08Undated

Insight is the first condition of Art.

George Henry Lewes / quote