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Quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

‘I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed to him, does not have to open and read.'

from Letters to a Young Poet

'This before all: ask yourself in the quietest hour of your night: must I write? Dig down into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should be in the affirmative, if you may meet this solemn question with a strong and simple, I must, then build your life according to this necessity.'

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