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“Art is a fragile magic, just like love, and that’s humanity’s only defense against death. That we create and paint and dance and fall in love, that’s our rebellion against eternity. Everything beautiful is a shield.”

“We hid away from reality, both of us, it was…wonderful.”

“The most dangerous creature on the planet is, and has always been, a young man. And the worst thing about a young man? That until very recently he was just a boy. No one gets any warning when he stops being one.”

“You can’t love someone out of addiction, all oceans are the tears of those who have tried. We’re not allowed to die for our children, the universe won’t let us, because then there wouldn’t be any mothers left.”

“Art is a fragile enough light as it is. It can be blown out by a single sigh. Art needs friends, with our bodies against the wind and our hands cupped around the flame, until it’s strong enough to burn brightly with its own power. Until it’s an inferno. Unstoppable.”

“You’ll realize that you’ve always been able to speak a secret language, one that has no boundaries, because you have no nationality. Art is your homeland.”

“Breakfasts and old films, fingertips held in palms. And laughter, laughter, laughter. Stupid little jokes, silliness between soulmates, everything else is just meaningless gaps in a life.”

“Art is a moment. Art is being a reason. Art is coping with being alive for one more week.”

“The first person to stop laughing was obviously the artist, his joy never lasted long, his skin was too thin to keep reality out.”

“They’re painted as if the artist saw them so intensively and dreamed them so beautifully that he learned how to whisper in color.”