• The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.

  Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)

  Camille Paglia
  American academic and social critic 1947-
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1. benevolent
2. himself
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4. assault
5. against
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The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others. by : Camille Paglia

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