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Quote by Oscar Wilde
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the a

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. – Oscar Wilde

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No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. – Oscar Wilde

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Martyr, Martyrdom
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Oscar Wilde
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Trying to force creativity is never good. – Sarah McLachlan

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Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. – Albert Camus

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A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else. – Charles Baudelaire

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After a few months in my parents basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations. – David Sedaris

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