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“With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“What does Art do for us? It gives shape to our emotions, makes them visible, and, in so doing, places a seal of eternity upon them, a seal representing all those works that, by means of a particular form, have incarnated the universal nature of human emotions.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
― Ian Fleming

“Anyone in pursuit of art is responding to a desire to make visible that which is not, to offer the unknown self to others.”
― Hettie Jones