One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. (Napoleon Bonaparte)

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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