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In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.


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We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.



Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.



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Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.



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I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.



It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.





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