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An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
Jacques Barzun
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Jacques Barzun
Age: 104 †
Born: 1907
Born: November 30
Died: 2012
Died: October 25
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Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.
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