"When any civilization is dust and ashes," he said, "art is… - Margaret Atwood

"When any civilization is dust and ashes," he said, "art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning — human meaning, that is — is defined by them. You have to admit that."

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Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 18 November 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.

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