As an artist, you should not wish to create what you don’t … - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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As an artist, you should not wish to create what you don’t feel you have to create.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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About Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach (Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach) (September 13, 1830 – March 12, 1916) was an Mähren (Moravian) writer. With her psychological novels she is regarded—together with Ferdinand von Saar—as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.

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Native Name: Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

Alternative Names: Marie von Ebner- Eschenbach • Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach • Marie von Dubsky • Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Spoiled children … already get to know in early years the sufferings of the tyrant.

Vanity rejects all healthy nourishment and lives exclusively on the poison of flattery.

Das scheinbar am unnötigsten gebrachte, törichtste Opfer steht der absoluten Weisheit immer noch näher als die klügste Tat der sogenannten berechtigten Selbstsucht.

As an artist, you should not wish to create what you don’t feel you have to create. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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