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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nuremberg

In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands
Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient,
stands.

Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and
song,
Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them
throng:

Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold,
Had their dwelling in thy castle, time-defying, centuries old;

And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth
rhyme,
That their great imperial city stretched its hand through every
clime.

In the court-yard of the castle, bound with many an iron hand,
Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cunigunde's hand;

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I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.

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Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

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If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

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No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

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Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

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And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.

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As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

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