#nearer

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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