What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

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The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too

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Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.

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Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.

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If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

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Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.

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Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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The large majority of people are asleep and do not wish to wake up.

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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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