Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
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Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time a man of talent tries to use it.
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
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