I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life …

Don DeLillo
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I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. ✨ Don DeLillo: 'I'm not trying to manipulate reality - this is what I see and hear by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2010.
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I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. ✨ Don DeLillo: 'I'm not trying to manipulate reality - this is what I see and hear by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2010.

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