"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

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"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

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"In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better."

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"The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen."

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"The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions."

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"Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first."

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William Faulkner, American Novelist

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Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

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"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

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