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What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
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