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March 5, 2010
every artist is born in an alien country
Art at its high points cannot be national. Why? Every artist is born in an alien country; he has a homeland nowhere but within his own borders. And those of his works that proclaim the language of this homeland are his most deeply genuine.
Rilke - Diaries of a Young Poet
Posted by amin at March 5, 2010 2:52 PM