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“People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
“When the scientific experts finished giving their testimony, the presiding judge asked Van Meegeren if he had any comments...He then added dryly that, from now on, the faking of old-master paintings would, of course, be impossible.”
― The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
― The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
“Ideas are like beards. Men don’t have them until they grow up”
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
― Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Days and months are travellers of eternity. So too the years that pass by”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“El verdadero artista -dijo entonces- no crea el arte mismo como objetivo final. Crea el arte para el hombre, para traerle alegría, para moldear su espíritu, para rescatarlo de sus pesares. Dicho en otra forma: el arte ligado a una actitud social...”
― Estuche para dos violines
― Estuche para dos violines
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