Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a… — Samuel Butler
Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character appear in spite of him.
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