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" I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. "

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" The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. "

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" I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived. "

" The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. "

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Albert Einstein

" I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. "

" A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. "