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"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

"Our imagination and hope become a reality if we have the courage to believe and take action to realize them."

"Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams."

"I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and future all at once."

"You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?""

"My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession."
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"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death."

"The potion drunk by lovers is prepared by no one but themselves. The potion is the sum of one's whole existence."

"One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy."

"I wept because I could not believe anymore and I love to believe. I can still love passionately without believing. That means I love humanly. I wept because from now on I will weep less. I wept because I have lost my pain and I am not yet accustomed to its absence."

"You sought to preserve your creative instincts and what would nourish them. But neurosis itself does not nourish the artist, you know; he creates in spite of it, out of anything, any material given to him. The torments and hells of [crazy men], are not for you."

"All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished."

"When your beauty struck me, it dissolved me. Deep down, I am not different from you. I dreamed you, I wished for your existence. I see in you that part of me which is you. I surrender my sincerity because if I love you it means we share the same fantasies, we share the same madness."
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