A creator is not in advance of his generation but he is the first of his contemporaries to be conscious of what is happening to his generation.

Gertrude Stein
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  2. In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.

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  4. It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.

  5. Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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