The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society's values, can force it to change. (Samuel R. Delany)

The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society's values, can force it to change.

Samuel R. Delany

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