To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

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Creativity is the art of concealing your sources.

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

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It’s about a singer who first sneered about my allegedly not authentic style but later she stole and copied it. And now she’s acting like I am the art project and she the true super artist. My God and people actually believe her, she’s successful! I shouldn't continue ranting, it doesn’t get anywhere.

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Where words fail, music speaks.

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There are always flowers for those who want to see them. - Henri Matisse

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I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

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It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. ― Vincent Van Gogh

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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

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