Contents

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1. My Book is True 11
2. My Friends the Trees 13
3. The Profanity of Paint 17
4. The Miserable Pursuit of Knowledge     21
5. The Gift of Silence 23
6. The Magic of Words 27
7. The Personal Note 29
8. Colour 31
9. Extravagance 33
10. Relation 35
11. Tragedy 39
12. The Tonic of Genius 41
13. Critics 43
14. The Closed Ear 45
15. The Painter’s Cigarette 47
16. The People’s Café 51
17. The Middle-class 53
18. The Masterpiece 57
19. Mission 61