The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.…

Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. ✨ Isaac Bashevis Singer Talks …About Everything. Interview with Richard Burgin, www.nytimes.com. November 26, 1978.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. ✨ Isaac Bashevis Singer Talks …About Everything. Interview with Richard Burgin, www.nytimes.com. November 26, 1978.

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