Art is to console those who are broken by life.

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

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

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The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

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

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

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

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What is done in love is done well.

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Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

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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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