Art is not an end in itself. It introduces the soul into a higher spir…

Thomas Merton
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Art is not an end in itself. It introduces the soul into a higher spiritual order, which it expresses and in some sense explains. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.36, Shambhala Publications
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