• There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago.

  Allen Tate
  American poet and essayist 1899-1979
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1. seriously
2. nothing
3. written
4. england
5. forty
6. years

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There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. by : Allen Tate

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