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Christ never came this far, nor did time, nor the individual soul, nor hope, nor the relation of cause to effect, nor reason nor history.

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The greatest travelers have not gone beyond the limits of their own world; they have trodden the paths of their own souls, of good and evil, of morality and redemption.

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We always find tedious places, languid and dark places, in books, in the best books. And especially in paintings, which are mythical landscapes of the soul, no matter what subject they represent, and cannot be without intricate pathless woods, without swamps, without this idle and nocturnal tedium.

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He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.
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Carlo Levi

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Born: November 29, 1902
Died: January 4, 1975 (aged 72)
Bio: Dr. Carlo Levi was an Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor.
Known for:
  1. Christ Stopped at Eboli
  2. 9 x 10 Novanta
  3. The Earth Cries Out (1949)

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