Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is. (Amiri Baraka)

Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.

Amiri Baraka

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