“Art is not an end but a beginning.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
2000-09, Ai Weiwei: A Rebel of Poet Roots, 2008
“Art only begins where Imitation ends.”
— Oscar Wilde, book De Profundis
Source: De Profundis
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