Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
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Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist's life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one's limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game
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