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Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.
Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.
 Leon Battista Alberti

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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As ability goes, so goes our fortune.
 Leon Battista Alberti
... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.
 Leon Battista Alberti