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"It seems there is something divine about modern art nonetheless, for it is only sustained by faith. That is why artists have become as complacient as priests. They do not have to demonstrate their truths. Like priests they demand bread, wine, a tin of soup (...)"

"I was tracing a finger along a raised edge along the wall, and I was suddenly totally happy, not elated or particularly pleased, or anything like that— I mean I experienced happiness as a state of being: everywhere I looked, in my mind, nothing was wrong. You never get that back when you grow up; it's a condition of maturity that almost everything is wrong, all the time, and happiness is a borrowed word (...)" damn