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— W. Somerset Maugham"Art, unless it leads to right action, is no more than the opium of an intelligentsia."
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Art, if it is to be reckoned as one of the great values of life, must teach man humility, tolerance, wisdom and magnanimity. The value of art is not beauty, but right action.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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