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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. -

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. – Max Eastman

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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end. – Max Eastman

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The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being. – Francois Delsarte

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