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" The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. "
Oscar Wilde
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" I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when I was younger, and I briefly worked as a stills photographer. "
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" Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine. "
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