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By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of
others as it is to invent. R. EmersonIf it be the wish of Him in whom all things flourish that my life continue for a few years, I hope to
write of her (Beatrice) that which has never been written of any lady. -Dante on his inspiration for The
Divine Comedy

The greatest homage to truth is to use it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to
capture movement itself.
Edgar Degas