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Oct 15, 2018 those.creatives

Kurt Vonnegut on the Role of Artists in Society

“Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are super-sensitive. They keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever.”

Kurt Vonnegut

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So much truth.

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