( cyril connolly makes an educated guess on the true nature of the secret of art. )
"but the secret of art? there have been so many infernos and so few paradises in european art that the infernos would seem our true climate. yet those who have survived satanism, war or passion have cared only for paradise. in that sense religion is the sequel to art and the sequel to love, as paradise regained follows half-heartedly after paradise lost."
cyril connolly, the unquiet grave.
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