Viridian Note 00176: Viridian Aphorisms

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"There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste." Goethe

"What is exhilirating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense." Baudelaire

"A lot of people think art's weird and stupid. I want to get to those people, get them to come in and go 'Arrrgh!'" Damien Hirst

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