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The mother of the useful arts is necessity, that of the fine arts is abundance. The father of the former is the intellect, of the latter, the genius, which, itself, is a kind of abundance; it represents, namely, the excess of the power of knowledge, beyond the limits imposed by the service of the will.

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The mother of the useful arts is necessity, that of the fine arts is abundance. The father of the former is the intellect, of the latter, the genius, which, itself, is a kind of abundance; it represents, namely, the excess of the power of knowledge, beyond the limits imposed by the service of the will.

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"Maica artelor utile este nevoia, cea a artelor frumoase este prisosința. Tatăl celor dintâi este intelectul, al acestora din urmă, geniul, care, el însuși, e un fel de prisosință; el reprezintă, anume, prisosul puterii de cunoaștere, peste limitele impuse de slujirea voinței."

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