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“He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.”
― Selected Essays, 1778-1830
― Selected Essays, 1778-1830
“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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“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
― Aesop’s Fables
― Aesop’s Fables
“A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
― The Art Spirit
― The Art Spirit
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