Quote by Henry Adams

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as

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In this quote, the speaker describes themselves as an anarchist in politics, an impressionist in art, and a symbolist in literature. They confess not fully comprehending the precise definitions of these terms, but they interpret them all as essentially synonymous with being a pessimist. This suggests that the person views these labels as associated with critical or questioning perspectives, emphasizing a negative outlook on the social and artistic world. They may be suggesting that these ideologies or artistic movements express a skepticism or dissatisfaction with existing norms and systems.

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