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Variant translations:  The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. 
As quoted in Mary Engelbreit's Words To Live By (1999) by Mary Engelbreit 
I tell you the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. 
1880s, 1888 
Variant: There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
                                    
 
        
     
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                            