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If I write, I renounce the company and memory of books, for I fear they will stretch my individual form; to tell the truth, also in my fear that the good writers will weigh on me and take my courage. I would like to cite the example of the painter who, after defacing a picture of roosters, forbade his servants to bring live roosters into his studio from now on.

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English

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If I write, I renounce the company and memory of books, for I fear they will stretch my individual form; to tell the truth, also in my fear that the good writers will weigh on me and take my courage. I would like to cite the example of the painter who, after defacing a picture of roosters, forbade his servants to bring live roosters into his studio from now on.

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Hungarian

"Ha írok, lemondok a könyvek társaságá­ról és emlékéről, mert attól tartok, hogy szétfeszítik egyéni formámat; az igazat szól­va, attól való félelmemben is, hogy a jó írók reám nehezednek s merszemet veszik. Szívesen idézem ama festő példáját, aki elpackázván egy képét, mely kakasokat ábrá­zolt, megtiltotta a szolgáinak, hogy ezentúl eleven kakast hozzanak a műtermébe."

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