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"The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art."

"Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste."

"The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible."

"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."

"The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite."

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."
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"Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory."

"I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories."

"Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!"

"Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice."
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