"You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist.……" — Steven Pressfield

You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took… - Steven Pressfield

"You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study... Ever see one of his paintings? Neither have I. Resistance beat him. Call it overstatement but I'll say it anyway: it was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to face a blank square of canvas."

— Steven Pressfield

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