Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.

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While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really...

While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really...

Look at life with the eyes of a child.

Look at life with the eyes of a child.

It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.

It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my...

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my...

I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent...

I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent...

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small...

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small...

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works...

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists...

The economics of emotions will not allow a man to remain in love for too...

The economics of emotions will not allow a man to remain in love for too...

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal,...

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal,...

People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one...

People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one...

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with...

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land...

Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land...

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his...

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...