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People mistake their limitations for high standards.


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Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.



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We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.



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We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.



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In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.



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No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.



Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers



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To understand a new idea, break an old habit.





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