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Art is a jealous mistress.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

More from Ralph Waldo Emerson

  1. The world is his, who has money to go over it.
  2. You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
  3. Coal is a portable climate.
  4. All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe.
  5. All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
  6. Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend.
  7. Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.
  8. We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

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Topics in this quote

  • art
  • creativity
  • sacrifice
  • devotion
  • obsession

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