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What's any artist, but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around. what's left of the man when the work's done but a shambles of apology.
-William Gaddis
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What's Any Artist, But The Dregs Of

William Gaddis
What's any artist, but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around. what's left of the man when the work's done but a shambles of apology.
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