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“‘I paint to interrogate the paradigms,’ the first line read, and Cricket had to look away.’” LMAO. This made me ugly laugh.

“And these theories are oddly nihilistic. They’re fueled by hatred and removal, and favored by a certain small but powerful cohort within the artist ranks. They’re not content to coexist with other forms and ideas. They must burn everything else to the ground. I understand art evolving, but why does one movement seek to negate all that came before it? Isn’t that an odd thing for art to want to do?”

“The talented have talent. The untalented have theories.”

This is actually my first time ever reading Eggers and it’s love at first sight. I will read all his books now.