"The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings."

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"The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings."

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"Thou hast seen nothing yet."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."

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"Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything."

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"A witty saying proves nothing."

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"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."

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"There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."

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"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."

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"The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings."

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