That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating…

Ayn Rand
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That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating in art. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.485, Penguin
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That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating in art. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.485, Penguin

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