To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its lea…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2005). The Sign of the Four, p.87, Dramatic Publishing
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