Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of imm…

Edith Wharton
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. ✨ The Writing of Fiction (1925) ch. 1
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. ✨ The Writing of Fiction (1925) ch. 1

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