Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for ev…

Flannery O'Connor
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Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.189, Macmillan
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