"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved."
"Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for."
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Source: Letter to Alexandre Saint-Jean, 1872
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