Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
art philosophy steam
Truth as philosophy is a gas; as art, it is visible steam.
art swings form
The swing of art is circular, from form to formalism, from formalism to formlessness, from formlessness to form again.
art perfection source
The perfection of art is to conceal the sources.
art character infusion
The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.
dog men advice
Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.
giving advice useless
It is as easy to give advice to yourself as to others, and as useless.
evil world mixtures
The hardest fact in the world to accept is the inevitable mixture of evil with good in all things.
truth truth-is humans
Human truth is always soiled with falsehood.
truth doors rags
Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in rags.
truth errors cellars
Truth lives in the cellar, error on the doorstep.
crush truth lying
It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie....
mean writing successful
It is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the dead.
children causes beats
Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.
truth worship enough
A worship of truth can be idolatry if the truth is small enough.