Friedrich NietzscheThat is an artist as I love artists, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art - panem et Circen.
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The quotation “that is an artist as I love artists, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art – panem et Circen” was written by the Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi. He is most likely referring to his lover, the poet Agostino Tassi. The lines seem to be a depiction of what Gozzi thought of Tassi: that he was a man who possessed both passion and talent and who cared only about the money that his art provided him.
Source: Twilight Of The Idols
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