Nor is it any part of my thesis to maintain that it [the de… - Raymond Chandler

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Nor is it any part of my thesis to maintain that it [the detective story] is a vital and significant form of art. There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

Raymond Chandler

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Raymond Thornton Chandler (23 July 1888 – 26 March 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter who specialized in the crime fiction genre.

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There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

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