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Peter Maxwell Davies - The establishment in Britain is...
The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense. (Peter Maxwell Davies)

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense.

Peter Maxwell Davies

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