Vincent Van Gogh

A deeper meaning

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

A child in the cradle, if you watch it at leisure, has the infinite in its eyes.

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I stretch out the ropes from spire to spire; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

~ from LES ILLUMINATIONS by Arthur Rimbaud