“To me the purpose of art is to produce something alive...but with a separate, and of course one hopes, with an everlasting life of its own.”
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“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.”
― Make Good Art
― Make Good Art
“I can't understand why people can't go on just being ordinary to each other even if they are in love.”
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“To light a candle is to cast a shadow...”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
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