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An artist's saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry.

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Willa Cather
Age: 73 †
Born: 1873
Born: December 7
Died: 1947
Died: April 24
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Willa Sibert Cather
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A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.
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To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
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Some things are best learned in calm, others in storm.
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The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.
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People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again—but it finds a tougher surface.
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Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.
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Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort.
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You must not begin to fret about the successes of cheap people. After all, what have they to do with you?
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More than him has done that, said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent.
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