While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.

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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...

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...

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...

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.

Look at life with the eyes of a child.

Look at life with the eyes of a child.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the...

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the...

Art is science made clear.

Art is science made clear.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the...

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in...