I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be …

D. H. Lawrence
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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2000). The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.289, Cambridge University Press
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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2000). The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.289, Cambridge University Press

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