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Georges Bataille - Beauty is desired in order that it...
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it. (Georges Bataille)

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it.

Georges Bataille

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