Propaganda is bad art." "Aren't you thinking in terms of music, though?" "No. In music the problem just doesn't exist. You don't even start looking f… - Edgar Pangborn

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Propaganda is bad art."
"Aren't you thinking in terms of music, though?"
"No. In music the problem just doesn't exist. You don't even start looking for propaganda in music unless your head's already addled."
"Yes, but in art—well, Daumier, Goya, Hogarth—"
"They live," said Sharon, "because they were good artists. If their social ideas had been the kind we don't happen to like in the twentieth century, their work would last just the same. Cellini was a louse. The piety of Blake and El Greco almost doesn't exist nowadays. Their work does.

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About Edgar Pangborn

Edgar Pangborn (February 25, 1909 – February 1, 1976) was an American writer of mystery, historical, and science fiction.

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