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It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. ↗

— Andre Gide

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Mastery passes often for egotism. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

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And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters. ↗

— Edward F. Halifax

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I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. ↗

— William Ernest Henley

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