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“Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability”
Source : Vernon Lee (1909). “Renaissance fancies & studies”
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“There's no wrong way to meditate. And meditation should never be a difficult practice that leads to self criticism.”
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“Don't ever give up on your dream. Ever.”
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“I flattered myself that I was rather empathetic, that I had rather good imaginative empathy. I've realized now that that was a complete self-delusion and that I didn't really have any comprehension of what it was like to see your entire life go catastrophically wrong in a matter of moments.”
Source : "Decca Aitkenhead on Empathy and Memory". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 15, 2016. 
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“Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.”
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“Deadwood was one of the most amazing experiences Ive ever had. I just loved that show.”
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“A terrible violence of creation,A flash into the burning heart of the abominable;Yet if we wait, unafraid, beyond the fearful instant,The burning lake turns into a forest pool,The fire subsides into rings of water,A sunlit silence.”
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“My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but I liked the character, did a few stories to keep my hand in.”
