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Samuel R. Delany on Art

born 1942 United States

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And it is the notions of reality and unreality themselves which finally become suspect when either one is mirrored in art, much less when both are mirrored together.

Neveryóna (1983)

I believe art is a wholly formal enterprise, encompassing almost all the tenets that the nineteenth century spoke of as l’art pour l’art, tenets which have made twentieth century’s experimentation possible. (What postmodern doesn’t?)

Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel R. Delany (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.