Ariel
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“Beauty will save the world.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
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