“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
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I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.
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One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
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