The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work
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No one should be rich except those who understand it.
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The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.
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The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else
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