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If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.

— Susanne Langer Philosophy in a New Key (1942)

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Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature.

Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling (1967)

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Feeling and Form (1953)

The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.

Philosophical Sketches (1962)

Common-sense knowledge is prompt, categorical, and inexact.

Philosophy in a New Key (1942)

Music is the tonal analogue of emotive life.

Feeling and Form (1953)

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