Jorge Luis Borges: Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.

Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art — Jorge Luis Borges

Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.

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