Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

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Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

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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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I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it.

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Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life.

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One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

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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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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.

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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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