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The highest art... sets down its creations and trusts in their magic, without fear of not being understood.

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
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Highest
Magic
Creation
Trust
Fear
Creations
Art
Trusts
Without
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