If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

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What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

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What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea - possessing them - that what has been said has still not been said enough.

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Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant blunders. Entire schools have been founded on misinterpretations of certain aspects of the masters. Lamentable mistakes have resulted from the thoughtless enthusiasm with which men have sought inspiration from the worst qualities of remarkable artists because they are unable to reproduce the sublime elements in their work.

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