America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral le…

Henry Miller
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America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician. To be a rabbit is better still. ✨ Henry Miller (1970). The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, p.16, New Directions Publishing
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