“I am too romantic to accept the dishonesty inherent in such a role, or perhaps it is my religious education.”

— Patrick Swift

Notebooks
Context: There is the modern phenomenon of the artist declaring all is void, nothing is possible, and soon is making his fortune out of despair and emptiness. I am too romantic to accept the dishonesty inherent in such a role, or perhaps it is my religious education. Such a position cannot be a religious position. (I) do not accept that the artist should not engage in other activities though when he does he must accept a different responsibility.

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British artist 1927–1983

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