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In art the best is good enough.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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  1. If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.
  2. It's not that age brings childhood back again, age merely shows what children we remain.
  3. If Switzerland were flat as a pancake, it would be larger than Prussia.
  4. Joy and sorrow both have part in my solitude.
  5. If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you be…
  6. Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.
  7. If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first p…
  8. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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  • creativity
  • art
  • productivity
  • mindset
  • perfection
  • sufficiency

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