No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-f…

Flannery O'Connor
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No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.82, Macmillan
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No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.82, Macmillan

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