Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist. (Jean Genet)

Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist.

Jean Genet

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