Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition. Overconcentration on any one point is a distortion. (Camille Paglia)

Art is a vast, ancient interconnected web-work, a fabricated tradition. Overconcentration on any one point is a distortion.

Camille Paglia

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