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"Artists of all times are like the gamblers of Monte Carlo, and this blind lottery allows some to suc..." — Marcel Duchamp
Artists of all times are like the gamblers of Monte Carlo, and this blind lottery allows some to succeed and ruins others. In my opinion, neither the winners nor the losers are worth worrying about.
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