“Of course it's almost ludicrously difficult to talk about art. And about beauty. Beauty is a perversion--how can you retain your self-respect when you talk about it?”
Torgny Lindgren
In Praise of Truth: The Personal Account of Theodore Marklund, Picture-Framer
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