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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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May the devil himself splatter you with dung.
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I have seafoam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
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Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths.
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It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
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Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
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Not only should you not accept a prize. You should not try to deserve one either.
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One must not mistake majority for truth.
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And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.
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Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.
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Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
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After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
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