The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf …

John Updike
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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ✨ John Updike (2012). Assorted Prose, p.189, Random House
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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ✨ John Updike (2012). Assorted Prose, p.189, Random House

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