You don't necessarily have to write to be a poet. Some people work in gas stations and they're poets. I don't call myself a poet because I don't like the word. I'm a trapeze artist.

Bob Dylan

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An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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No artist tolerates reality.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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The theoretical man finds his highest satisfaction in the process of knowing and in the uncovering of the covering; whereas the artist finds delight in what still remains veiled even after the greatest unveiling.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Behind a remarkable scholar we not infrequently find an average human being, and behind an average artist we often find a very remarkable human being.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

Leonardo da Vinci

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