Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in…

Jack Kerouac
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Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in the night can never be seen again. Born writers of the future are amazed already at what they're seeing now, what we'll all see in time for the first time, and then see imitated many times by made writers. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1995). The Portable Jack Kerouac, Viking Adult
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