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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.

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Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.
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The power of the glamorous resides in their supposed happiness: the power of the bureaucrat in his supposed authority.
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Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one’s self to be bored.
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Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
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