Marjane Satrapi Quotes

If you have a little sensibility or a heart, you have all the reason to be depressed once in a while. But the depression is like a motor for creation. I need a little bit of depression, a bit of acid in my stomach, to be able to create. When I'm happy, I just want to dance.

Marjane Satrapi

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• Happy
• Dance
• Depression

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  Marjane Satrapi
  • Heart
  • Happy
  • Dance