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Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.

Daisaku Ikeda

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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Diligent
Polish
Oneself
Created
Effort
Perfect
Art
Great
Painstaking

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