An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Henry Miller
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- In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
- An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
- An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
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