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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Rebecca West

1957

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Artist and audience Art

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1957

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Rebecca West

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West, Rebecca. The Court and the Castle. Yale University Press, 1957.

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. — Rebecca West

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