“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.”
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What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
