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" Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic. "

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" Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. "

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" I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place. "

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