What is art but the denial of life? ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017). The Book…

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What is art but the denial of life? ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017). The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition, p.373, New Directions Publishing
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The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity. ✨ A Factless Autobiography. Book by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, … ▶
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Sadly I write in my quiet room, alone as I have always been, alone as I will always be. And I wonder if my apparently negligible voice might not embody the essence of thousands of voices, the longing … ▶
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What is art but the denial of life? ✨ Fernando Pessoa (2017). The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition, p.373, New Directions Publishing

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