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Interesting that he was able to maintain such passion for his work while having such a realistic view of the ephemerality of it.



The work of a lifetime is paradoxical like that. It is very rare that someone achieves something truly memorable when they set permanence as their primary goal.


I think the massive piles of money coming in may have been a contributing factor...


or even better - glory.




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