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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters sculptors poets wearing this style of tie.

Author: Carl Sandburg

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.