"L'étude du beau est un duel où l'artiste crie de frayeur avant d'être vaincu."
— Charles Baudelaire

January 1, 1970

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The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being defeated. — III: "Le Confiteor de l'artiste"