What art seeks to disturb is monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyra…

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What art seeks to disturb is monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Soul of Man under Socialism, p.24, Oscar Wilde
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