"To win through by sheer force of genius is one thing: to survive and continue to create when every last door is slammed in one's face is another. Nobody acquires genius; it is God-given. But one can acquire patience, fortitude, wisdom and understanding. Perhaps the greatest gift little men have to offer is this ability to accept the conditions which life imposes, accept one's own limitations, in other words. to love what one does whether it causes a stir or not. Of the highest men Vivekananda once said: 'They make no stir in the world. They are calm, silent, unknown.'"
Henry Miller, To Paint Is to Love Again
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