“Such as I was, I have declared myself; sometimes vile and despicable, at others, virtuous, generous and sublime.”
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“This then is the scribe’s direct purpose: the making of useful things legibly beautiful.”
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“And you, mother, stood behind me,
impatient to be going,
old at twenty-three, alone,
thin overcoat flapping.”
― Armada
impatient to be going,
old at twenty-three, alone,
thin overcoat flapping.”
― Armada
“As my body continues on its journey, my thoughts keep turning back and bury themselves in days past. [To his mother, Novemeber 23, 1849]”
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“Bad art and good art feel remarkably the same, while they're in progress.”
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