The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.
Ben Okri
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- Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.
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- Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.
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