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“The artist is not born to a life of pleasure. He must not live idle; he has a hard work to perform, and one which often proves a cross to be borne.”
― Concerning the Spiritual in Art
― Concerning the Spiritual in Art
“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
“Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.”
― Concerning the Spiritual in Art
― Concerning the Spiritual in Art
“During her life, Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horrors in other people's lives as if they were genuinely trying to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them.”
― Veronika Decides to Die
― Veronika Decides to Die
“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
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