I don’t think artists can compete—except as to money and pr… - Hortense Calisher

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I don’t think artists can compete—except as to money and prizes, and, of course, status. Which may be temporary. But not on the page. Or the canvas or the stone. Or the musical score. All you can hope to be is worthy of the company you respect.

Hortense Calisher

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Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American novelist.

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Pen Names: Jack Fenno

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