The Recognitions - pg. 633

- That's what it is, that's all any of it is ... But he could not break it, and he looked up and away, instantly found the blond girl earlier accused of putting a t in genial made up, composed, as pretty (she would never be beautiful), as inanimate and stale as a photograph, once accused of taking the v out of live; now, of putting an f in lie: - Arse gratias artis, he muttered, - that's all any of it is.


[Art for Art's sake]