“The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.”

"The Artist and His Time"
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (1960)

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French author and journalist 1913–1960

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