Quote #13

If you want to know what true art is, go outside on a clear night, wait until it gets very, very dark, then look up. You will see no rules of composition; no evidence of superior technique. Yet, you will be staring into the very face of pure, unadulterated beauty and wonder. That is the unattainable ideal for which I must constantly strive.

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