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Translation is the art of failure. - Umberto Eco

Translation is the art of failure. – Umberto Eco

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There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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Storytelling
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Umberto Eco
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In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. – Umberto Eco

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Success
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Umberto Eco
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Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want. – Jennifer Aniston

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If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by. – Jerry Saltz

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To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination. – George Jean Nathan

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In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we dont know what were seeing, we overreact. – Jerry Saltz

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I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me. – Moliere

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When the danger is past God is cheated. – Italian Proverb

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I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle its not going to be satisfying. – Greg LeMond

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

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