What worse misery than to be in the presence of great works of art, with these who profess love of them, but quite calmly bring up vulgar commonplace subjects in the midst of them.
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    “Not to live as long as possible but mightily as possible” (Jean-Cristophe)[i]
Note: (Romain Rolland’s – “Jean Christophe” filled my thoughts at this time -
    It’s plea for a healthy normal optimistic outlook in artists as opposed to the (then) current decadence in European Art, still seems to me most admirable – (March 4, 1955)[ii]