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A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art. ↗

— Lucian Freud

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The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. ↗

— Lucian Freud

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Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. ↗

— Max Stirner

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We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

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Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere. ↗

— Bram Stoker

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Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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