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Danish Writer April 17, 1885 – September 7, 1962

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It is a sad hardship and slavery to people who live in towns, that in their movements they know of one dimension only; they walk along the line as if they were led on a string. The transition from the line to the plane into the two dimensions, when you wander across a field or through a wood, is a splendid liberation to the slaves, like the French Revolution. But in the air you are taken into the full freedom of the three dimensions; after long ages of exile and dreams the homesick heart... Isak Dinesen
It is terrible and unbearable to an artist,' he said, 'to be encouraged to do, to be applauded for doing his second best.' He said: 'Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost! Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen quote: "Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart..."
Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best. Isak Dinesen
Up in this air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightness of heart. In the highlands you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be. Isak Dinesen

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