Kierkegaard also said that truth is `subjective`. By this he did not mean it doesn't matter what we … - Jostein Gaarder

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If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white. . . it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme.

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Kierkegaard also said that truth is `subjective`. By this he did not mean it doesn't matter what we think or believe. He meant that the really important truths are personal. Only these truths are `true for me`.

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