True art, as a rule, goes in a direction opposite to that of nature, without therefore annihilating the latter, and thus true art will turn out to possess, not to conquer, for possession is conquering in reverse.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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Author Søren Kierkegaard
Source Either/Or
Topic art possession
Date 1843
Language English
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Note Translated by Alastair Hannay
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