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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Author Beginning End Experience Lying Ourselves Story Writing
If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Art Life Work Yourself
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Aptitude Born Fact Faith Spirit Talent Yourself
Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Forever Important One Liner Poet Writing
The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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Earth Heart Snow Spring Yourself
An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Artist Guess Observation Select
For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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Brain God Lunch Mouth Respect
Women can’t forgive failure.
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Failure Forgiveness One Liner Woman
I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Animal Horse Interval Myself Smell Understand
Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Death Life Myself See Thinking Tree Wind
Man is what he believes.
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Believe Himself Man
Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Action Discussion Hero Himself Mindset State
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Illusion Imagination Truth Worth
Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Animal Better Bird Wolf
He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Afraid Artist Deep Desire Hope
When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Action Grace Motion Oneself Person

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