Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. -F. Sagan

 

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.


-F. Sagan
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This quote is just one of 8 total F. Sagan quotes in our collection. F. Sagan is known for saying 'Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.' as well as some of the following quotes.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

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To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

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I like men to behave like men - strong and childish.

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Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.

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At seventeen, you tend to go in for unhappy love affairs.

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