Liked the quote: "I think that the best people I met were, of course, artists. I think the artists - it is, in essence, the salt of the earth. Jesus said: righteous - salt of the earth. Of course, I do not dare to correct Matthew, the great author's great work. I would by itself added: artists and righteous - a salt of the earth. "
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