When any civilization is dust and ashes, he said, art is all that's le…

Margaret Atwood
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When any civilization is dust and ashes, he said, art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning—human meaning, that is—is defined by them. You have to admit that. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2004). Oryx and Crake, p.167, Anchor
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When any civilization is dust and ashes, he said, art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning—human meaning, that is—is defined by them. You have to admit that. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2004). Oryx and Crake, p.167, Anchor

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