An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation. (Joseph Conrad)

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.

Joseph Conrad

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