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" Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. "

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" Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself. "

" No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man's front embraces the whole universe. "

" The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks. "

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" When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. "

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" An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. "

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" Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets. "

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