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“Before this I had always held back, had never lived freely, not with Pietro, not even with Palmira, but here, where nothing was known, I did not fear judgment, and because Father and I shared the same sensibilities, all the rigidness of my living melted and I felt myself coming into myself. If it was genuine, if it would last, it was a wonderful feeling.”
― The Passion of Artemisia
― The Passion of Artemisia
“That’s what great art is supposed to do—help us to live in the spirit and die at peace.”
― The Passion of Artemisia
― The Passion of Artemisia
“Palmira. She’s like an apparition floating unknowingly into her future,' I said. 'Here for too brief a time.”
― The Passion of Artemisia
― The Passion of Artemisia
“Look and look and don’t ever forget. Now, close your eyes. Here, give me your hand. And just feel. Can you feel the Earth move?”
― The Passion of Artemisia
― The Passion of Artemisia
“At some times in our lives, our passion makes us perpetrators of hurt and loss. At other times we are the ones who are hurt—all in the name of art. Sometimes we get what we want. Sometimes we pay for another to get what he or she wants.”
― The Passion of Artemisia
― The Passion of Artemisia
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