He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unques…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog. ✨ Letter to his wife (October 23, 1907). Letters on Cézanne. Book by Rainer Maria Rilke, 1952.
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He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog. ✨ Letter to his wife (October 23, 1907). Letters on Cézanne. Book by Rainer Maria Rilke, 1952.

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