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...the law of empathy, by which he could, by his will, transfer himself into an object or a work of art, and thus inflence the outer world. He did not feel redeemed by the work he did. He did not seek redemption. He sought to see what others did not, the projection of his imagination.
— Patti Smith Just Kids
Tags: truth, purpose, honesty, beauty, art

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