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It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Topic

Idealism Optimism Human nature

Author

Anne Frank

Source

The Diary of a Young Girl

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Dutch

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 15 July 1944.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Courage Taking risks Life

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Question

Language

Dutch

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 29 Dec. 1881.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Topic

The Jewish people Collective guilt

Author

Anne Frank

Source

The Diary of a Young Girl

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Dutch

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 22 May 1944.

I want to go on living even after death!

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Topic

Immortality

Author

Anne Frank

Source

The Diary of a Young Girl

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Dutch

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 5 Apr. 1944.

I think the peasant girl is more beautiful than a lady, in her dusty, patched blue skirt and bodice, which get the most delicate hues from weather, wind, and sun. But if she puts on a lady's dress, she loses her peculiar charm.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Beautiful women Beauty

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Dutch

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 30 Apr. 1885.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Poetry

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Language

Dutch

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 18 Mar. 1883.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

The best pictures, and from a technical point of view, the most complete, seen from nearby, are but patches of color next to each other, and only make and effect at a certain distance.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Impressionism Art criticism Art

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Language

Dutch

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. Nov. 1885.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

In order to approach the spiritual in art, one employs reality as little as possible... This explains logically why primary forms are employed. Since these forms are abstract, an abstract art comes into being.

Piet Mondrian

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Topic

Art

Author

Piet Mondrian

Language

Dutch

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Mondrian, Piet. Sketchbook II. c. 1914.