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“A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.”
― Albert Camus

“»Si quiere saber qué pienso, se lo resumiré: aborrezco todos los «ismos»: comunismo, socialismo, nacionalismo, fascismo… En definitiva, todo lo que lleva el germen del totalitarismo.”
― Julia Navarro, Dime quién soy

“Creo que hemos llegado al final. Siempre hay que saber cuándo llega ese momento y aceptarlo. ¿No lo cree así?”
― Julia Navarro, Dime quién soy

“En realidad la gente está muy necesitada de hacerse oír, y si uno tiene la paciencia y la humildad de escuchar sin interrumpir puede enterarse de las cosas más insólitas.”
― Julia Navarro, Dime quién soy

“Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating the words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space...”
― Mario Vargas Llosa

“…Many things interested her, and nothing satisfied her entirely.”
― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

“I must address the topic of whether the effort required for excellence worth it. I believe it is—the chief gain is in the effort to change yourself, in the struggle with yourself, and it is less in the winning than you might expect. Yes, it is nice to end up where you wanted to be, but the person you are when you get there is far more important. I believe a life in which you do not try to extend yourself regularly is not worth living—but it is up to you to pick the goals you believe are worth striving for.”
― Richard Hamming, You and Your Research