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You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts.

Thomas Jefferson (1853). “The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State”, p.433

The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.

Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.571

Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.

Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.75, Cosimo, Inc.

If a nonartist teaches a subject called art, it is nonart.

Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

Between the subject and the object lies the value.

Robert M. Pirsig (1991). “LILA An Inquriry into Morals”

The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.305, Harvard University Press

There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.

"Rachel Johnson: 'I have a duty not to be boring'". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2010.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

"Dead funny" by Peter Baynham, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2004.