André Gide: The great artists are the ones who dare to entitle to beauty things so natural that when they’re seen afterward, people

The great artists are the ones who dare to entitle to beauty things so natural t — André Gide

The great artists are the ones who dare to entitle to beauty things so natural that when they’re seen afterward, people say: Why did I never realize before that this too was beautiful?

André Gide

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