When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
Khalil Gibran
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- Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
- I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
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