The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, a…

John Updike
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The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. ✨ John Updike, James Plath (1994). Conversations with John Updike, p.45, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. ✨ John Updike, James Plath (1994). Conversations with John Updike, p.45, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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