"I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education."

-- Karl Kraus

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“The German huts, open on every side to the eye of indiscretion or jealousy, were a better safeguard of conjugal fidelity than the walls, the bolts, and the eunuchs of a persian harem. To this reason, another may be added of a more honourable nature. The Germans treated their women with esteem and confidence, consulted them on every occasion of importance, and fondly believed that in their breasts resided a sanctity and wisdom more than human.”
“Heaven is a house with porch lights.”
“Extreme things are like miracles. Nothing is as boring as a person who is just okay.”
“I can see that in retrospect but I guess I've always had such an identity crisis when it comes to other people's understanding of me.”

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“As I ramble through life, whatever be my goal, I will unfortunately always keep my eye upon the doughnut and not upon the whole.”
“If you follow the process of a thought - any thought, not just about art - the thought changes. It has to do with what you can hold in your memory and what you lose. That's an interesting thing to try to paint.”
“True knowledge comes only through suffering.”
“I am deeply reminded that our lifeâ€™s journey is a gift, not a given, and that we can never truly know how long the journey will last. All we can do is decide how it unfolds.”

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