The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the cr…

Oscar Wilde
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.176, Wordsworth Editions
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