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Man is endowed with a thousandfold desires and infinite longings, and thus has been sent into a world that would be rich enough to grant even more than he can demand. Every glow of the heart finds its shadow, every thirst its wave, every longing its distance, and countless hidden, well-protected refuges are prepared for the soul that strives for safety and peace.

— Adam Müller

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Source: Etwas über Landschaftsmalerei. In Phöbus. Ein Journal für die Kunst. Edited by Heinrich von Kleist and Adam H. Müller, First Year, Fourth and Fifth Issue, Carl Gottlob Gärtner, Dresden April and May 1808, p.71.
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