The function of the artist is to make people like life better than the…

Kurt Vonnegut
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The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2013). If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young, p.7, RosettaBooks
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The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2013). If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young, p.7, RosettaBooks

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