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Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. a perfect dwelling always finds an inhabitant. the artist's business is to build the dwelling; as for the inhabitant, it is up to the reader to provide him.
-Andre Gide
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Pay Attention Only To The Form; Emotion

Andre Gide
Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. a perfect dwelling always finds an inhabitant. the artist's business is to build the dwelling; as for the inhabitant, it is up to the reader to provide him.
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