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"Intelligence is not creative; judgment is not creative. If a sculptor is nothing but skill and mind, his hands will be without genius." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"What torments me is not the humps nor hollows nor the ugliness. It is the sight, a little bit in all these men, of Mozart murdered." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!" – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 