The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the be…

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The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. ✨ James Joyce (2013). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Thrift Study Edition, p.134, Courier Corporation
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The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question. ✨ James Joyce (2013). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Thrift Study Edition, p.134, Courier Corporation

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