What the really great artists do is they're entirely themselves. They'…

David Foster Wallace
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What the really great artists do is they're entirely themselves. They're entirely themselves. They've got their own vision, they have their own way of fracturing reality, and if it's authentic and true, you will feel it in your nerve endings. ✨ The Charlie Rose Show, March 27, 1997.
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