But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty…

W. E. B. Du Bois
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But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too. ✨ W. E. B. Du Bois (2011). Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept, p.147, Transaction Publishers
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